Italian–English dictionary

penetrare

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.

penetrazione

The act of penetrating something. [from 15th c.]

Peng

A surname from Mandarin.

Pengiab

A geographical region of South Asia, divided (by the Radcliffe Line) between India and Pakistan. Pakistani Punjab includes the (West) Punjab Province and parts of the Islamabad Capital Territory; Indian Punjab includes (East) Punjab State and some other territories.

penicillina

(pharmaceutical drug) Any of a group of narrow-spectrum antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds or synthesized, that have a beta-lactam structure and are active against gram-positive bacteria and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases.

penisola

(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.

penitenziario

(chiefly, US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (broadly) a prison.

penna

A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.

pennacchio

(countable) An ornamental plume on a helmet.

pennellata

The stroke of a brush, as in painting.

pennello

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.

pennello a testa tonda

(art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.

pennichella

(countable) A nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures.

pennino

The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.

pennone

A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.

Pennsylvania

A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.

pennuto

(informal) Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).

penombra

A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.

penoso

Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.

pensabile

Capable of being conceived or imagined.

pensare

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

pensata

An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.]

pensatore

One who spends time thinking, contemplating or meditating.

pensatrice

One who spends time thinking, contemplating or meditating.

pensiero

More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking. [from 17th c.]

pensiero critico

The application of logical principles, rigorous standards of evidence, and careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues.

pensiero di gruppo

A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.

pensierosità

A thoughtful or reflective state, especially if sad or melancholic.

pensieroso

Absorbed in thought; contemplative

pensile

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

pensilina

(architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.

Pensilvania

A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.

pensionamento

The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career. [from 17th c.]

pensionante

A pupil who lives at school during term time.

pensionare

(transitive) To force (someone) to retire on a pension.

pensionato

(chiefly, UK, Canada) Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.

pensione

A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals.

pensoso

Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.

pentagono

(geometry) A polygon with five sides and five angles.

pentagramma

The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.

pentecostale

A member of a Pentecostal church.

pentimento

(art, literature) The presence of traces of a previous work in an artistic or literary work; especially (painting) an image which has been painted over but is still detectable.

pentirsi

To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.

pentito

(countable, Britain, slang) An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.

pentola

(cookware) any vessel (such as a saucepan), with or without a lid, used to cook food

pentolaccia

(Latin American culture) A doll or other decorated container that is filled with candy and hit with a hammer or a stick by blindfolded children during birthday parties or other celebrations until the candy falls out.

pentolone

A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.

penultimo

(UK, in, _, US, _, usually, formal) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.

penuria

A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.

penzolante

Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

penzolare

(intransitive) To hang loosely with the ability to swing.

peocio

A medium-sized edible mussel, Mytilus edulis, found on the North Atlantic coast of North America, Europe, and in other temperate and polar waters around the world.

peonia

A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.

pepare

(transitive) To add pepper to.

pepe

The dried, unripe berries (peppercorns) of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning. They are either used whole, or in a ground or crushed form.

peperoncino

(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.

peperone

(North America, Philippines) Any of several bell-shaped varieties of Capsicum annuum, an edible, sweet, generally mild (not spicy) fruit, originating in the New World.

pepiera

A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.

pepita

(countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.

Peppe

(rare) : a diminutive of various female given names.

Peppino

(rare) : a diminutive of various female given names.

per

Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).

per altri aspetti

(conjunctive) In all other respects.

per caso

Unexpectedly, accidentally; without foreplanning.

per causa di

(Irish, Newfoundland, usually, preceded by a form of be, followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity.

per concludere

At the end or conclusion; ultimately.

per converso

(often, conjunctive) With a reversed relationship.

per cui

By which.

per essere

By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.

per essere onesto

(sentence adverb) Frankly, to be honest.

per favore

(often, with yes) Used as an affirmative to an offer.

per fortuna

It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.

per forza

Inevitably; of necessity.

per i disabili

Made incapable of use or action.

per inciso

(speech act, conjunctive) Parenthetically, by the way.

per la maggior parte

For the most part; mainly or chiefly.

per la miseria

An expression of surprise or shock.

per lo più

Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.

per lungo

In the long direction of an oblong object.

per mezzo di

Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.

per partito preso

Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.

per paura che

For fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case.

per piacere

An expression of disbelief.

per quanto riguarda

regarding, concerning

per questo

(formal) By this means, action or process.

per sempre

(idiomatic) In a way that is conclusive and final.

per solista

(music) Of, or relating to, a musical solo.

per tutti i diavoli

An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure.

per ultima cosa

(idiomatic) In summary; ultimately.

per ultimo

(sequence) after everything else; finally

per un pelo

(idiomatic) Barely; closely; by a narrow margin; with nothing to spare.

per un po'

For some time; for a short time.

pera

A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).

perbacco

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc. [From late 19th c.]

perbene

(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.

perbenismo

The quality of being respectable.

perbenista

Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular.

perbenistico

Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular.

perca

Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.

percentile

(statistics) Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.

percepibile

Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.

percepire

(transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.

percezione

Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given., A vague idea about something.

perché

By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.

perché sì

Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer to a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".

perchia

Serranus cabrilla, the gaper, a fish found in European waters.

perciò

(conjunctive) As a result; therefore, for this reason.

percolamento

The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.

percolare

(transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.

percolazione

The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.

percorso

The itinerary of a race.

percorso ad ostacoli

a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation

percosse

(legal) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.

percuotere

To beat mercilessly.

percussione

A strike upon an object causing such a noise.

percussore

(firearms) the part of the firing mechanism which strikes the cartridge's primer to ignite the gunpowder.

perdente

A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.

perdere

(transitive) To allow fluid or gas to pass through an opening that should be sealed.

perdere i sensi

(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness

perdere tempo

(transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.

perdersi

(intransitive) To lose one's way.

perdigiorno

One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.

perdita

(obsolete) Loss.

perdita di sangue dal naso

Haemorrhage from the nose (usually, blood flow exiting the nostrils that originates from the nasal cavity).

perditempo

An idle person.

perdonabile

Capable of being accepted or excused under the circumstances.

perdonare

(transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.

perdono

The action of forgiving.

perdurare

(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.

perduto

Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.

perennare

(transitive) To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.

perenne

Continuing without cessation or intermission for several years, or for an undetermined or infinite period; neverending or never failing; perpetual, unceasing.

perennità

(uncountable) The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.

perentorio

Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic.

perenzione

(legal) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.

perfettamente

With perfection.

perfetto

Without flaws, defects, or shortcomings; perfect.

perfezionare

(transitive) To make better; improve.

perfezionato

Refined, elegant.

perfezione

The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.

perfezionismo

An unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection.

perfezionista

(philosophy) Inclined or related to perfectionism.

perfezionistico

(philosophy) Inclined or related to perfectionism.

perfidamente

In a fierce manner.

perfino

In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.

perforabile

Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.

perforare

(transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).

perforatore

(computing, historical) A machine that punches holes in a punch card

perforatrice

(computing, historical) A machine that punches holes in a punch card

performante

Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.