Italian–English dictionary

recesso

A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything.

recettaculo

A container.

recettibile

Capable of receiving something.

recidere

(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.

recidiva

Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.

recidivare

(intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.

recidività

Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.

recidivo

Firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing.

recintare

(transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.

recinto

An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.

recinzione

An outdoor garden frame that can be used for partitioning a common area.

recipiente

An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

reciprocamente

(idiomatic) In a reciprocal manner; in a similar way; in the same kind.

reciprocare

(transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.

reciproco

Reciprocal.

recitale

The act of telling the order of events of something in detail the order of events; narration.

recitare

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

reclamare

(transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.

reclamare il possesso

To demand ownership or right to use for land.

reclamare la proprietà

To demand ownership or right to use for land.

reclame

(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

reclamo

A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.

reclamo di proprietà

A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.

reclinare

To press against.

reclinarsi

(intransitive) To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so.

reclino

Having a downward inclination or slope.

recluta

A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.

reclutamento

The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.

reclutare

(transitive) To force into military service.

recondito

Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.

record

The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

recriminare

To complain violently (against, about).

recuperabile

intended to remediate#Verb (i.e., correct or improve) deficient skills in some subject

recuperare

To compensate, to fill in, to catch up.

recupero

The act of retrieving or something retrieved.

redancia

(nautical) A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing.

redarguire

(transitive) To chide or scold vehemently.

redattore

(marketing, advertising) A person who writes advertising copy (the text used in advertisements).

redattrice

A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

redazione

An act or instance of something being edited.

redazza

An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.

reddito

Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.

Redentore

honorific title for Jesus Christ

redentorista

A member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (i.e. Jesus Christ), founded in 1732 by Saint Alphonsus Maria of Liguori

redentrice

A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

redenzione

Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.

redigere

(transitive) To compose (a document), especially following a standard form; prepare a plan.

redimere

(transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).

redine

A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.

reduce

A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service.

reduplicazione

(linguistics) The act of, or an instance of, reduplicating.

refe

(Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.

referendum

(politics) A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment.

referente

(semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes: what it refers to.

refolo

A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

refrattaria

Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.

refrattario

Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.

refrigerante

A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.

refrigerazione

The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.

refugio

A place providing safety, protection or shelter.

refurtiva

(slang) Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.

refuso

(usually, in the plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections. (The items thus listed will sometimes be corrected in subsequent print runs, if any occur; they are then called reprint corrections.)

refutazione

An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.

regalare

(transitive) To give as a gift or donation.

regale

(musical instruments) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.

regalia

(countable) Something given liberally; a gift.

regalità

The dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.

regalo

(countable) Something given liberally; a gift.

reggae

(Rastafari, music genre, originally, dance) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

reggente

One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]

reggenza

(grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.

reggersi

(intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.

reggetta

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.

reggia

A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.

reggimento

(military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.

reggipetto

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s]

reggiseno

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s]

regia

The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.

regime

A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.

regina

A reproductive female insect in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.

regine

(poker slang) A pair of queens.

regionale

Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.

regionalismo

(politics) The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments.

regione

(usually, capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).

regione Centro

A former administrative region of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire.

regista

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

registrare

(transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.

registratore

An apparatus for recording; a device which records.

registratore a due coordinate

(computing) An output device that draws graphs and other pictorial images on paper, sometimes using attached pens.

registratore di cassa

A machine that tabulates the amount of sales transactions, makes a permanent and cumulative record of them, and has a drawer in which cash can be kept.

registratore x-y

(computing) An output device that draws graphs and other pictorial images on paper, sometimes using attached pens.

registratrice

Agent noun of record; one who records.

registrazione

The record of such enrolling; registration.

registro

(law enforcement) A daily register of arrests and other events in a police station.

registro contabile

(accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.

registro sentenze

(legal) A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.

regnare

(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.

regno

A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

regola

A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.

regolabattito

(hence, medicine) A medical implement that is used to stimulate a heart to beat by simulating the action of the natural pacemaker.

regolabile

capable of being adjusted

regolamento

(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.

regolare

(intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).

regolarità

A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship. [from 19th c.]

regolarizzare

(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. [from 16th c.]

regolatore

(countable, electricity, electronics) device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)

regolazione

(informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.

regolo

The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) [from 14th c.]

regredire

(intransitive) To step backwards.

regressivo

(of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases.

Reich

A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government.

reietta

One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper. [from 14th c.]

reietto

One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper. [from 14th c.]

reina

Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae; specifically the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

reincarnazione

A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.

reiniziare

(computing, ergative) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.

reintegrarsi

(transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.

reintegrazione

The process of reintegrating.

reintegro

A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.

reintrodurre

(transitive) To introduce again.

reiterazione

The act of reiterating.

relativamente

In a comparative manner.

relativo

Present together.

relatore

One who makes a speech to an audience.

relatrice

One who makes a speech to an audience.

relazionato

Standing in relation or connection.

relazione

Connection or association; the condition of being related.

relè

(electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current. [from 19th c.]

religione

(uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.

religiosamente

In the manner of religion.

religiosità

The condition and quality of being godly, pious, scrupulously observant of all the teachings of one's religion, practicing virtue and avoiding sin.

relinquere

(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.

reliquia

(religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.

reliquiario

(archaic) The relics or remains of a saint, or the shrines in which they are kept.

relitto

(uncountable, specifically, law) Property abandoned at sea with no hope of recovery and no expectation of being returned to its owner; (countable) an item of such property, especially a ship.

relitto della società

(countable, dated) An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast, a waif.

remake

A new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc.

remare

(transitive, or, intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.

remare contro

(transitive) To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.

remata

(weightlifting) Any of several thematically similar exercise movements performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.

reminiscenza

A mental image thus remembered.

remissione

(medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.

remissione di debito

(legal) The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.

remissivo

willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance

remix

(music) A piece of music formed by combining existing pieces of music together, possibly including various other cosmetic changes

remo

A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.

remora

Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals. [from mid 16th c.]

remoto

Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

remunerazione

Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.

rena

(uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.