Italian–English dictionary

nascondere

(often, figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.

nascondersi

(intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be out of sight or harder to find.

nascondiglio

(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.

nascosto

Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.

nasello

One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.

nasetto

(musical instrument) The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.

naso

The tip of an object.

nasone

(slang) The human nose, especially one that is large.

nassa

(fishing) An osier basket that anglers use to hold fish.

Nassau

The capital city of the Bahamas.

nastro

(US, medical) Surgical tape, such tape made specifically for medical purposes.

nata morta

Dead at birth.

Natale

(originally, Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.

Natalia

A en given name.

natalizio

Resembling or having feelings of Christmas; festive.

Nataniele

A en given name.

natare

(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.

natica

(usually, in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.

natiche

The buttocks.

natio

Belonging to one by birth.

nation

(chiefly, historical) An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.

Natività

(Christianity) The birth of Jesus as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

nativo

Belonging to one by birth.

NATO

Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization

nato morto

Dead at birth.

natta

A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.

natura

(uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.

naturale

Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. [from 10th c.] (of materials, products, etc.)

naturalismo

A state of nature; conformity to nature.

naturalizzazione

The action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship.

naturismo

The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.

naturista

One who follows a philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of ecology, health, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.

naufraga

A castaway; a person who has been marooned. [from 19th c.]

naufragare

To wreck a boat through a collision or other mishap.

naufragio

(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.

naufrago

(nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.

naupatia

Nausea, dizziness etc caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness.

nauseabondo

(proscribed) Afflicted with nausea; sick. [from 19th c.]

nauseante

Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.

nauseare

To cause an intense dislike for something.

nautica

(uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.

nautico

Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.

nautilo

A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.

navale

(nautical) Of or relating to a navy.

Navarra

An autonomous community and province in northern Spain.

navata

(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.

navata laterale

A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.

nave a vapore

A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.

nave ammiraglia

(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.

nave corsara

(historical) A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo. [from 17th c.]

nave costiera

A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.

nave da guerra

(military, watercraft, chiefly, historical) A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.

nave spaziale

(astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

nave stellare

A type of spacecraft capable of traveling to the solar systems of other stars.

nave traghetto

(watercraft) A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.

navetta

(weaving) A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.

navicella

The vessel that holds incense before it is put into a censer.

navigante

A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.

navigare

(transitive, computing) To navigate through hyperlinked documents on a computer, usually with a browser.

navigare a vela

To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.

navigatore

A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.

navigazione

(uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.

Nazaret

A city in northern Israel.

nazionale

Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]

nazionalista

Of or relating to nationalism.

nazionalità

National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. [from 18th c.]

nazionalmente

In a way relating to the whole nation.

nazione

The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc. [from 14th c.]

nazismo

The ideology of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP), being a form of fascism characterised by Adolf Hitler's cult of personality, hate propaganda, white supremacy, extreme bigotry (especially antisemitism and racism), eugenics, mass violence, genocide, ethnonationalist territorial expansion (Lebensraum) and state capitalism.

nazista

(historical) Of or pertaining to the Nazi Party specifically, or to Nazism, neo-Nazism, or neo-Nazis more generally.

né

Similarly not.

neanche

(conjunctive, after a negative) As well.

nebbia

Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy. Example: The clouds were grey so James thought it was about to rain.

nebbioso

Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.

nebulosa

(astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).

nebulosità

(meteorology, astronomy) The characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).

nebuloso

Not transparent or clear.

necessaria

Essential; crucial; extremely important.

necessariamente

Inevitably; of necessity.

necessario

Necessary.

necessità

An urgent request.

necessitare

(transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.

necrofago

An animal that eats dead and decaying flesh.

necrologia

A listing of people who have died during a specific period of time.

necropoli

(chiefly, historical, also, figuratively) A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.

necrosi

(pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.

necton

(zoology) All organisms in the ocean that are capable of swimming independently of currents.

nederlandese

The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.

neerlandese

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

neerlandesi

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

nefando

(archaic) Unspeakable, appalling.

nefasto

Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.

nefrite

(mineral) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).

negare

(transitive) To assert that something is not true.

negativa

Being a negative quantity; pertaining to a deficit or reduction. [from 18th c.]

negativamente

In a negative manner; so as to be damaging or not positive.

negativismo

A persistent pessimistic or skeptical attitude.

negativo

Being a negative quantity; pertaining to a deficit or reduction. [from 18th c.]

negato

(colloquial, of a person) Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.

negazione

(logic) The negation in logic.

negazionismo

The practice of rejecting propositions which are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence, and often of seeking to influence policy processes and outcomes accordingly.

neghienza

Habitual laziness or sloth.

neghittaggine

Habitual laziness or sloth.

neghittosamente

In a lazy manner.

neghittosità

Habitual laziness or sloth.

negletto

Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16thc.]

negli

Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.

negli Stati Uniti

(chiefly outside USA) In or to the United States, especially the lower forty-eight.

negligente

Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16thc.]

negligentemente

In a negligent manner: carelessly or inattentively.

negligenza

Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless.

negligere

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

negoziabile

Open to negotiation or bargaining.

negoziante

The owner or operator of a retail business.

negoziato

The process of achieving agreement through discussion.

negoziatore

One who negotiates.

negoziatrice

One who negotiates.

negoziazione

The process of achieving agreement through discussion.

negozio

An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.

negra

(dated, literary, now, offensive, and, an, _) A black female.

negriera

A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, transports, or owns slaves.

negriere

A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, transports, or owns slaves.

negriero

A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, transports, or owns slaves.

negro

A male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog. [from 15th c.]

negro letterario

A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.

negromante

A person who practices or performs necromancy.

negromanzia

Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.

negus

(historical) A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974.

nel

Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.

nel complesso

(modal, set phrase) Generally, all things considered

nel tempo a venire

(dated) In time to come; in some future time or state.

nell'insieme

(modal, set phrase) Generally, all things considered

nella

Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.

nello

Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.

nembo

A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.

Nemesi

(Greek god) The goddess of divine retribution.

nemica

Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

nemico

Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.

nemmeno

(conjunctive, after a negative) As well.

nenia

A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

neo

A natural mark on a person's skin, especially a freckle or mole on a woman's face.

neo finto

(historical) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.

neolatino

Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, etc.

neolitico

Of or relating to the New Stone Age.

neoluddista

(by extension, often, pejorative) Someone who opposes technological change.

neon

(countable) A form or sample of the element.

neonata

A recently born baby.

neonato

Recently born.

neoplasma

(pathology, oncology) An abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.

neosposa

A recently married person.