Italian–English dictionary

mancanza di respiro

(pathology) Difficult or laboured breathing.

mancanza di rispetto

A deliberate affront or slight.

mancare

(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.

mancare il traguardo

(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).

mancese

Manchurian, referring to the Manchu(rian) people.

mancia

An additional payment given freely as thanks for service.

manciata

The amount that can be held in a closed fist.

mancino

(occult, of magic) Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo; following the left-hand path

manciù

A person belonging to or descended from the indigenous people of Manchuria.

Manciuria

A historical region of northeastern China comprising the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang and the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia.

manciuriana

An inhabitant of Manchuria, especially one who is not of Han Chinese origin.

manciuriane

An inhabitant of Manchuria, especially one who is not of Han Chinese origin.

manciuriani

An inhabitant of Manchuria, especially one who is not of Han Chinese origin.

manciuriano

Manchurian, referring to the Manchu(rian) people.

mandala

(Hinduism, Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.

mandarancio

A type of small, sweet-tasting orange, the result of a hybrid cross between the willowleaf variety of mandarin orange (Citrus × aurantium f. deliciosa) and a sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Scientific name: Citrus × clementina.

mandare

(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).

mandare giù

(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]

mandare in onda

(intransitive) To be broadcast.

mandare in trance

(transitive) To put into a trance.

mandarino

Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.

mandata

A production quantity (such as in a factory).

mandatario

(legal) One who holds a thing in trust for another.

mandato

An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.

mandibola

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

mandingo

A macrolanguage spoken primarily in West Africa, with seven individual languages: Mandinka, Eastern Maninkakan, Forest Maninka, Kita Maninkakan, Konyanka Maninka, Sankaran Maninka, Western Maninkakan.

mandola

(musical instruments) A stringed musical instrument resembling the mandolin, but of larger size and tuned lower.

mandorla

Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:

mandorlato

Garnished with almond slices.

mandorlo

(countable) The tree that produces almonds.

mandria

A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.

mandriana

A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

mandriano

A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

mandrillo

A lecherous person: someone given to excessive sexual activity or debauchery.

mandrino

An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.

mane

Forming compound nouns with the sense of person who has a mania for.

maneggevole

Capable of being managed or controlled.

maneggiabile

Capable of being managed or controlled.

maneggiare

(transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.

manetta

A decorative band or bracelet that encircles the wearer's wrist; especially, a closely knitted one to keep it warm; a muffetee.

manette

A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.

manganello

(music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.

manganese

(uncountable) A metallic chemical element (symbol Mn) with an atomic number of 25, not a free element in nature but often found in minerals in combination with iron, and useful in industrial alloy production.

mangano

A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.

mangereccio

Suitable to be eaten; edible. [From 15th c.]

mangiabile

Suitable to be eaten; edible. [From 15th c.]

mangiapatate

(UK, offensive, ethnic slur) A German person, usually male.

mangiarane

(slang, sometimes, derogatory) A native or resident of France, or a francophone, or a person of French lineage.

mangiare

(transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).

mangiare troppo

(ambitransitive) To eat too much of.

mangiarsi il fegato

(intransitive, or, reporting verb, figuratively) To express or feel great anger.

mangiatoia

A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.

mangiatore

A person or animal who eats.

mangime

Material, of an animal or most often vegetable origin, prepared (especially industrially) as feed for domestic or farm animals.

mangione

Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

mangusta

Any of several species of generalist predatory carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. Indian mongooses are predators of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.

Manhattan

A borough of New York City, New York, United States, mainly on Manhattan Island, coterminous with New York County; in full, Borough of Manhattan.

mania

compulsion or obsession.

maniaca

A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.

maniacale

Like a maniac; insane; frenzied.

maniaco

Fanatical.

manica

The part of a garment that covers the arm. [from 10th c.]

manichetta

(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.

manichino

Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.

manico

The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.

manico di scopa

The handle of a broom (sweeping tool); (sometimes) the entire broom.

manicomio

(dated) A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

manicotto

(historical) A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.

maniera

(Commonwealth, politics) A response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.

manierato

Influenced or changed by something.

manierismo

(arts) A style of art developed at the end of the High Renaissance, characterized by the deliberate distortion and exaggeration of perspective and especially the elongation of figures.

manifattura

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. [from 17th c.]

manifestare

(transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.

manifestarsi

(transitive, informal) To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of; to assume the role of.

manifestazione

(informal) A march or gathering to make a political protest.

manifesto

A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)

maniglia

The handle of a tool or weapon.

maniglione

(obsolete, rare) A fetter-like band worn on an appendage as an ornament; an anklet, an armlet, a bracelet, a wristlet.

manigoldo

Sometimes diminutive: a cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.

Manila

The capital city of the Philippines; the regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon.

manina

A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.

manipolare

(transitive) To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.

manipolatore

(figurative) Someone who is manipulative and thus able to get people to do what they want or to make events develop in the way they want in a puppet-like manner.

manipolazione

A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.

manipolo

(obsolete) A hand's breadth; four inches.

Manitoba

A province in western Canada. Capital and largest city: Winnipeg.

mannaggia

(sometimes, vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.

mannarino

A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.

mannaro

Prefixed to animal names to indicate a human that shapeshifts into that animal.

mannello

A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

mano

A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.

mano di pastafrolla

Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.

mano sul volto

A gesture of bringing one or both palms to the face, with various interpretations including exasperation, chagrin, frustration, embarrassment (one's own or vicarious), etc.

manodopera

The collective group of people who are available for employment, whether currently employed or unemployed (though sometimes only those unemployed people who are seeking work are included).

manomettere

(intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).

manomissione

Release from slavery or other legally sanctioned servitude; the giving of freedom; the act of manumitting.

manoscritto

A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.

manovale

(chiefly, _, UK, historical) A laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad.

manovella

A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.

manovella della tromba

(chiefly, _, nautical) The handle of a pump.

manovra

(military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. [from 18th c.]

manovrabile

Capable of being managed or controlled.

manovrare

(ambitransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.

manrovescio

(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").

Manson

A surname transferred from the given name.

mansuescere

(intransitive) To become tame or domesticated.

mansueto

Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

mansuetudine

The state of being gentle.

mantello

A covering layer of anything.

mantenere

(transitive) To remain faithful to (something or someone); to adhere to (an idea or plan).

mantenimento

A subsidiary action taken in response to an event.

mantenimento di pace

The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force. [from 17th c.]

mantenuto

A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment; a prostitute.

mantice

A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.

manticora

(Greek mythology) A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. It may be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets.

mantide

Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.

manto

(now, chiefly, North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. [from 13th c.]

manto stradale

(now, chiefly, North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. [from 13th c.]

mantra

(by extension) A slogan or phrase often repeated.

manuale

Involving skilled work, with comparatively little reliance on machinery.

manuale d'uso

(in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.

manualità

(music, uncountable) The act of using one's fingers in the playing of a musical instrument.

manualmente

By hand.

manubrio

A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.

manufatto

An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.

manutenere

(transitive, British) To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.

manutenzione

Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.

manzo

The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.

maoista

of, related to, or advocating Maoism

maomettana

(now, largely, _, obsolete, and, offensive) Muslim.

maomettano

(now, largely, _, obsolete, and, offensive) Muslim, Islamic.

Maometto

(Islam, uncountable) The figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís.

maona

(watercraft) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

mappa

A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.

mappare

(transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with.

marachelle

Mischievous play, especially by children. [from mid 19th c.]

maragià

A Hindu monarch ranking above a raja, an emperor.

marangone

Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

marasca

A variety of cultivated cherry (Prunus cerasus var. austera), having a dark skin

marasco

A variety of cultivated cherry (Prunus cerasus var. austera), having a dark skin

marasma

A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.

Maratona

A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.

marca

Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.

marcantonio

(informal) An attractive man, especially one who is muscular.

marcapassi cardiaco

(anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.

marcare

To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.

marcaritmo cardiaco

(anatomy) A set of nerves which stimulate the heart to beat.

marcatore

(football) A person who scores a goal, or scores goals

Marcello

A en given name.

Marche

An administrative region in central Italy.