| quale |
| 1. adj. (question) what? | |
| Quale uomo era? - What man was it? | |
| 2. adj. (in choosing options) which? | |
| Quale macchina preferisci? - Which car do you prefer? | |
| 3. adj. (exclamation) what | |
| Quale fortuna! - What luck! | |
| 4. adj. (in lists) such as, like | |
| Verdura quali le carote ed i piselli. - Vegetables such as carrots and peas. | |
| 5. pron. which ... ? | |
| Quale dei tre è il più grande? - Which of the three is biggest? | |
| 6. adv. as | |
| quale amico - as a friend | |
| macchina |
| 1. n. machine | |
| 2. n. car, motorcar | |
| macchinare |
| 1. v. to plot, brew or machinate | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| tua |
| 1. adj. (possessive) yours (second person, singular, feminine) | |
| 2. pron. (possessive) your (second person, singular, feminine) | |
