| mio |
| 1. pron. (used attributively) my; of mine | |
| casa mia — “my house” | |
| i miei figli — “my children” | |
| le mie macchine — “my cars” | |
| 2. pron. (used predicatively) mine | |
| Sono i miei. — “They are mine.” | |
| 3. pron. (used substantively) mine; the thing belonging to me | |
| Il mio è.... — “Mine is....” | |
| fratello |
| 1. n. brother, sibling | |
| 2. n. brother (member of a religious community or church) | |
| è |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of essere; is | |
| Se non è vero, è ben trovato - If it is not true, it is a good story. | |
| 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 | |
| molto |
| 1. adv. much, very much, a lot | |
| 2. adv. (with an adverb or adjective) very, really, very much | |
| 3. adv. (in expressions of comparison) much, far, a lot | |
| 4. adv. long, a long time | |
| 5. adj. in the plural many, a lot of, lots of | |
| 6. adj. great, much, very | |
| 7. pron. in the plural many, many people | |
| 8. n. the many | |
| 9. n. the large part | |
| 10. n. a great deal | |
| bravo |
| 1. adj. (used before the noun) good, well-behaved | |
| 2. adj. good, skilful, capable, clever, fine | |
| 3. adj. good, obedient | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete) brave, bold | |
| 5. adj. (obsolete, of animals) wild, untamed | |
| 6. adj. (obsolete, of places) harsh | |
| 7. interj. well done!, good show! | |
| 8. interj. (theatre) bravo! | |
| a |
| 1. prep. in | |
| 2. prep. at | |
| 3. prep. to | |
| 4. prep. Indicates the direct object, mainly to avoid confusion when it, the subject, or both are displaced, or for emphasis | |
| A me non importa. - To me it doesn’t matter. | |
| A lei non piace, ma a lui piace molto. - She doesn't like it, but he likes it very much. | |
| 5. v. misspelling of ha | |
| suonare |
| 1. v. (transitive, music) to play (an instrument) | |
| 2. v. to sound | |
| 3. v. to ring | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) (ellipsis of suonare il clacson); to honk (to use a car horn) | |
| La |
| 1. pron. (formal) alternative case form of la (you) | |
| 2. art. the | |
| 3. pron. (accusative) her, it | |
| La vedo. - I see her. | |
| 4. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect) | |
| La vedo. - I see you. | |
| Scusi se la disturbo. - Sorry to bother you. | |
| 5. n. (music) la (musical note) | |
| 6. n. (music) A (musical note and scale) | |
| chitarra |
| 1. n. (musical instrument) guitar | |
| 2. n. (cooking) A tool used in making pasta: a frame with a series of parallel wires crossing it. | |
