| prendere |
| 1. v. to take, hold | |
| gli studenti prendono appunti. - the students take notes. | |
| 2. v. to get, buy | |
| 3. v. to pick up | |
| 4. v. to eat, drink | |
| 5. v. to borrow | |
| e |
| 1. conj. and | |
| tenere |
| 1. v. to hold, keep | |
| 2. v. to take | |
| 3. v. (transitive, regional) to have | |
| 4. adj. feminine plural of adjective tenero | |
| tenero |
| 1. adj. (also figuratively) tender, soft; delicate, kind | |
| 2. adj. cute | |
| 3. n. tender part, soft part | |
| 4. n. love | |
| stretto |
| 1. adj. narrow | |
| 2. adj. tight | |
| 3. adj. strict | |
| 4. adj. (linguistics) close | |
| 5. n. strait | |
| 6. v. past participle of stringere | |
| stringere |
| 1. v. to tighten, clasp, grasp, grab | |
| 2. v. to reduce | |
| con |
| 1. prep. with, together | |
| 2. prep. (rowing) coxed | |
| forza |
| 1. n. force | |
| 2. n. strength | |
| 3. n. come on! | |
| 4. n. hurry up! | |
| 5. n. get a move on, get moving! | |
| 6. interj. cheer up! | |
| 7. v. third-person singular present of forzare | |
| 8. v. second-person singular indicative of forzare | |
| forzare |
| 1. v. to force | |
| 2. v. to press | |
