Italian–English dictionary

rabbioso

Affected with rabies.

rabbuffo

A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

rabicano

(of an animal, especially of a horse) Having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.

raccapricciante

Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.

raccattare

(intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.

racchetta

(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.

racchiudere

(transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.

raccogliere

(transitive) To tie or wrap together into a bundle.

raccogliersi

To bring parts of a whole closer.

raccoglitore

A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc.

raccolta

The activity of collecting.

raccolto

(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

raccomandare

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

raccomandazione

An act of recommending.

racconsolare

(transitive) To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.

raccontare

(transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.

racconto

Narration, account, description, rendering

raccordo

(by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

Rachele

(biblical character) Younger daughter of Laban, sister to Leah, and second wife of Jacob.

rachide

(countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.

rachitico

(disease) Of or pertaining to, or affected by, rickets. [from 18th c.]

rachitismo

(pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.

racimolare

(intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.

racimoli

All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.

radar

(uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces.

raddoppiare

(transitive) To multiply by two.

raddoppiatura

The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

raddrizzare

(transitive, electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current. [from 19th c.]

radente

Making superficial, obtuse contact with something.

radere

(transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.

radere al suolo

(transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.

radersi

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

radiante

(geometry) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angle: the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle.

radianza

The quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.

radiativo

(physics) of, relating to, or occurring through radiation

radiatore

A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.

radicale

Striking in appearance or effect.

radicalico

(chemistry, not comparable) Involving free radicals.

radicalmente

In a radical manner; fundamentally; very.

radicarsi

(figurative, with preposition to) To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on.

radicazione

The process of forming roots or taking roots.

radice

(arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).

radici

Beginnings; origin.

radio

The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.

radioamatore

(radio) An amateur radio operator.

radioattivo

Exhibiting radioactivity.

radiodiffondere

(transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.

radiodiffusione

(business) The business or profession of radio and television.

radiofaro

(nautical) A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger.

radiolina

(dated, informal) A transistor radio.

radiologia

(medicine) The specialty of medical imaging and its interpretation, originally and especially radiography#Noun but now including all imaging modalities, including ones that use no radiation#Noun (such as ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging).

radiologista

A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.

radiologisto

A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.

radiotelemetro

(uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces.

radiotrasmettere

(transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.

rado

The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.

radon

The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.

radunare

(slang, AAVE) To be excited about something; to act regarding something; to become cognizant of something.

radunarsi

(intransitive) To congregate, or assemble.

raduno

A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).

radura

An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

rafano

(countable) A plant of the mustard family, Armoracia rusticana, cultivated for its edible root.

raffazzonare

(transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something

raffazzonato

Made or repaired in a clumsy or incompetent manner.

raffermo

No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.

raffica

A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).

raffigurare

To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. [from early 15th c.]

raffigurazione

A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.

raffinare

(transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.

raffinatezza

Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

raffineria

A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

raffio

(nautical) A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.

rafforzamento

The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.

rafforzare

(transitive, often, figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

rafforzarsi

(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.

raffreddamento

A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

raffreddare

(transitive) To lower the temperature of something; to cool.

raffreddarsi

(idiomatic) To contract a cold.

raffreddore

(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

raffrenabile

Able to be controlled; subject to regulation or command.

ragazza

A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.

ragazza masculina

A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.

ragazzi

Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.

ragazzina

A person between thirteen and nineteen years old.

ragazzino

A young man.

ragazzo

A male child. [from 15th c.]

ragazzo dei giornali

A boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.

raggio

(geometry) The length of this line segment.

raggio di sole

A visible, narrow, and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight.

raggirare

(ambitransitive) To defraud or embezzle.

raggiro

An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

raggiungere

(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish. [from 14th c.]

raggiungere la terraferma

The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.

raggiungibile

Capable of being achieved, which either means possible or probable.

raggiungimento

An achievement.

raggomitolamento

(countable) A gesture or posture of cringing (recoiling or shrinking).

raggomitolarsi

(intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.

raggranellare

(transitive, gambling, slang, archaic) To make an agreement to give (some amount of money) to a fellow gambler if one wins, and to receive that amount from them if they win, as a form of hedging.

raggricciare

(intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.

raggrinzire

(intransitive) To become wrinkled.

raggrinzito

Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.

raggruppamento

(writing) A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.

raggruppare

(ambitransitive) To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.

ragguardevole

Worthy of remark; notable; interesting.

ragià

A Hindu prince or ruler in India.

ragionamento

(uncountable) The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a process leading to an action, motive.

ragionare

(intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.

ragione

A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.

ragionevole

Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.

ragionevolmente

In a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense.

ragioniere

A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).

ragliare

(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.

raglio

The cry of an animal, now chiefly that of animals related to the ass or donkey, or the camel.

ragno

Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.

ragù

An Italian sauce made from ground meat and tomato, originating in Bologna.

ragù alla bolognese

Of, from or relating to the city of Bologna, capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

ragù bolognese

An Italian sauce made from ground meat and tomato, originating in Bologna.

Ragusa

A city and port in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea; formerly, Ragusa.

rais

(historical) The holder of an Ottoman military rank akin to that of naval captain.

rallegrare

(transitive, idiomatic) To make someone happier or less downcast.

rallentare

(transitive, archaic) To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.

rallo

Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.

ramadan

(Islam) The holy ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which Muslims fast between the break of dawn until sunset; they also refrain from drinking liquids, smoking and having sexual relations.

ramaglia

Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.

ramazza

(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

ramazzare

(transitive, intransitive) To sweep with a broom.

ramen

Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).

ramerino

A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.

rametto

A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.

ramificazione

A tree-like structure.

ramingo

One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.

ramino

A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

rammaricarsi

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.

rammemorare

(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

rammendare

(transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.

rammentare

(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

rammollito

(sometimes, derogatory, colloquial) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.

ramo

A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.

ramo paludoso

A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.

ramo secco

That part of an organization deemed wasteful.

ramoscello

A small thin branch of a tree or bush.

rampa

A series of stairs between landings.

rampante

(heraldry) Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.

rampicante

(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.

rampino

(nautical) A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.

rampogna

(of a person) A harsh criticism.

rampollo

A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.

rampone

An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.

rana

A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's

rana bue

Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.