per |
1. prep. for | |
Ma io l'ho fatto per te! - But I did it for you! | |
Te lo vendo per appena trecento euro - I'll sell it you for only three hundred euro | |
Ho studiato per tre ore - I studied for three hours | |
Questo è il treno per Londra - This is the train for London | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction) | |
3. prep. through | |
Sono passato per il centro - I passed through the center | |
4. prep. in or on | |
Camminava ansiosamente per la stanza - He was pacing anxiously about the room | |
5. prep. by | |
Te lo invio per posta - I'll send it to to by post | |
6. prep. with | |
7. prep. as | |
farla |
1. v. Compound of fare and la. | |
fare |
1. v. to do | |
2. v. to make | |
3. v. to act | |
4. v. to get someone to be something | |
5. n. manner, way | |
la |
1. art. the | |
2. pron. (accusative) her, it | |
La vedo. - I see her. | |
3. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect) | |
La vedo. - I see you. | |
Scusi se la disturbo. - Sorry to bother you. | |
4. n. (music) la (musical note) | |
5. n. (music) A (musical note and scale) | |
breve |
1. adj. brief, short | |
2. adv. briefly | |
3. n. (music) breve | |
4. n. brief (short news report) | |
il |
1. art. the | |
sacerdote |
1. n-m. priest, clergyman | |
continuava |
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of continuare | |
continuare |
1. v. to carry on, to continue | |
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 | |
sonnecchiare |
1. v. (intransitive) To drowse, doze, or nod. | |
il |
1. art. the | |
libro |
1. n. book | |
2. n. (botany) phloem | |
3. n. omasum | |
che |
1. pron. (interrogative) what | |
2. pron. (relative) who; whom; which; (ngd, nominative and accusative case) | |
3. conj. that | |
4. conj. than | |
5. conj. when | |
6. det. some (informal) A remarkable (some party - che festa - che bambola!) | |
leggevo |
1. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of leggere | |
leggere |
1. v. (transitive, or intransitive) to read | |
Lorenzo legge il giornale. (Lorenzo reads the newspaper.) | |
2. adj. feminine plural of leggero | |
era |
1. n. age, epoch, period | |
2. n. (geology) era | |
3. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of essere | |
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 | |
talmente |
1. adv. so, thus, such, insomuch | |
prolisso |
1. adj. verbose, prolix | |
che |
1. pron. (interrogative) what | |
2. pron. (relative) who; whom; which; (ngd, nominative and accusative case) | |
3. conj. that | |
4. conj. than | |
5. conj. when | |
6. det. some (informal) A remarkable (some party - che festa - che bambola!) | |
dovetti |
1. v. first-person singular past historic of dovere | |
dovere |
1. v. to owe | |
2. v. (auxiliary) to have to do something (must) | |
3. n. duty | |
interrompere |
1. v. to break off, cut off, break up, interrupt, stop, break | |
2. v. to block, hold up | |
3. v. to disconnect, cut off, switch off | |
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) | |
lettura |
1. n. reading (all senses) | |
2. n. lecture | |
3. n. (printing, dated) cicero, 12-point type | |