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dobbiamo
     1. v. first-person plural present indicative of dovere
     2. v. first-person plural present subjunctive of dovere
     dovere
          1. v. to owe
          2. v. (auxiliary) to have to do something (must)
          3. n. duty
arginare
     1. v. to embank
     2. v. to check, limit
i
     1. art. the
guasti
     1. n. plural of guasto
     2. v. second-person singular present indicative of guastare
     3. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of guastare
     4. v. second-person singular present subjunctive of guastare
     5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of guastare
     6. v. third-person singular imperative of guastare
     guastare
          1. v. (transitive, obsolete) to destroy, lay waste (to)
          2. v. (transitive, obsolete) to mutilate
          3. v. (transitive, obsolete) to execute (to put to death)
                Pregò colui che a guastare il menava - He begged the one who was carrying him to be executed
          4. v. (transitive, literally and figurative) to ruin
                La piena ha guastato il ponte. - The flood has ruined the bridge.
                La notizia ci guastò la festa. - The news spoiled the party for us.
          5. v. to break (to cause to stop functioning (or) being serviceable)
                I ragazzi hanno guastato tutte le sedie del salotto. - The boys broke all the chairs in the living room.
          6. v. to damage
                I cibi grassi guastano lo stomaco. - Fatty foods damage the stomach.
          7. v. (transitive, of foodstuffs) to cause to or go bad
                Guasterete il vino non mettendovi l'olio. - If you don't put the oil in, you'll make the wine go bad.
          8. v. (transitive,) to corrupt, lead astray
          9. v. to undo (in order to do again, (usually) in a different way)
                Ogni notte, Penelope guastava parte della tela che aveva tessuto durante il giorno. - Each night, Penelope was undoing part of the shroud she'd been weaving during the day.
     guasto
          1. adj. spoilt, damaged, ruined
          2. adj. rotten, bad, gone bad
          3. adj. broken, out of order
          4. n. breakdown, failure, fault
                Il guasto è nel motore. - The fault is in the engine.
          5. n. damage
          6. v. first-person singular present of guastare
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!)
ha
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of avere
     2. interj. ah! (usually ironic or sarcastic)
     avere
          1. v. to have
                Avevo un'anima. - I used to have a soul.
                Ho una macchina. - I have a car.
                Ho diciassette anni. - I have 17 years.
          2. v. (auxiliary) to have
                Ho fatto un errore. - I (have) made a mistake.
          3. n. property, substance
          4. n. (in the plural) belongings
          5. n. credit, assets
          6. n. swag
provocato
     1. v. past participle of provocare (feminine: provocata, masculine plural: provocati, feminine plural: provocate)
     provocare
          1. v. to cause (an incident, etc.)
          2. v. to provoke
          3. v. to arouse
il
     1. art. the
Suo
     1. pron. (possessive) yours (formal or polite)
     2. adj. (possessive) your (formal or polite)
     3. adj. his, her, its
           i suoi figli - his/her/its children
           le sue macchine - his/her/its cars
           casa sua - his/her/its house
           suo padre - his/her/its father
     4. adj. (often, capitalised) your (polite singular form)
           i Suoi figli - your children
           le Sue macchine - your cars
           casa Sua - your house
           Suo padre - your father
     5. pron. his, hers, its own.
           Sono i suoi - They are his/hers/its own.
     6. pron. (often, capitalised) yours (polite singular form)
           Sono i Suoi - They are yours.
il suo
     1. pron. his (that which belongs to him)
comportamento
     1. n. behaviour, behavior, conduct, ways, actions
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