| lentamente |
| 1. adv. slowly | |
| come |
| 1. adv. how | |
| Come stai? - How are you? (informal) | |
| Come sta? - How are you? (formal) | |
| 2. adv. as, like | |
| blu come il mare - as blue as the sea | |
| 3. adv. such as | |
| 4. conj. as soon as | |
| come arrivò… - as soon as he arrived… | |
| se |
| 1. conj. if | |
| Se non è vero, è ben trovato. - If it is not true, it is a good story. | |
| 2. conj. whether | |
| 3. conj. if only | |
| 4. pron. alternative form of si | |
| 5. pron. alternative form of sé | |
| come se |
| 1. conj. as if, as though | |
| fosse |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of essere | |
| 2. n. plural of fossa | |
| essere |
| 1. v. (intransitive, indicating existence, identity, location, or state) to be, to stay | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something); to | |
| 3. v. (impersonal, of a duration of time since an event) to have passed | |
| 4. n. being | |
| fossa |
| 1. n. pit, hole | |
| 2. n. grave | |
| 3. n. (anatomy) fossa | |
| 4. n. trough (depression between waves or ridges) | |
| il |
| 1. art. the | |
| mare |
| 1. n. sea | |
