Italian–English dictionary

renale

Pertaining to the kidneys.

renano

Pertaining to the Rhine river or region. [from 15th c.]

Renart

(literary, poetic) A name in European folklore for the red fox.

Renata

A en given name.

rendere

(transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.

rendere arrendevole

(transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).

rendere malleabile

(transitive) To make less harsh

rendere noto

(transitive) To announce to the public.

rendere torbido

(transitive, of a fluid, especially a liquid) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.

renderizzare

(transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.

rendersi conto

(transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.

rendersi presentabile

To attend to one's appearance and clothing.

rendicontabilità

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.

rendicontazione

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.

rendiconto

(finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.

rendimento

The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.

rendita

(insurance, pensions) A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.

rene

An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.

renio

A metallic chemical element (symbol Re) with an atomic number of 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.

renna

(countable) A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.

Reno

A major river in western Europe, which flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands, before emptying into the North Sea.

reostato

A rheostat that is used to vary the intensity of a domestic electric light

reparto

(military) A quota of troops.

repellente

Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.

repentinamente

Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

reperibilità

(chiefly, uncountable) The quality of being available.

reperire

(intransitive) To come near to; to pass; to visit.

replica

An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.

replicare

(transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.

replicatore

(scifi) A technological device that replicates physical objects.

replicazione

(biology) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.

reporter

A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events.

repressione

Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.

repressivo

Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive

reprimenda

(of a person) A harsh criticism.

reprimere

(transitive) to repress; to struggle to repress.

reprimibile

Capable of being repressed, controlled, suppressed or limited.

reproduzione

The replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images.

reptilia

(informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc. [from 19th c.]

repubblica delle banane

(politics, idiom, pejorative) A small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.

repubblicana

(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.

repubblicano

(US politics) Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.

repulisti

The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.

repulsivo

(literary) Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell.

reputare

(obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify. [14th–17th c.]

reputazione

What somebody or something is known for.

requiem

A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.

requisire

(transitive) To seize for military use.

requisito

(countable, and, uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.

resa

The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.

resa dei conti

(religion) The final and eternal judgment by God of all nations; Final Judgment.

rescindere

(transitive) To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.

resettaggio

(telecommunication) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.

resettare

To set back to the initial state.

residente

(Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. [from 15th c.]

residenza

(dated, or, legal) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.]

residuato

Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.

residuo

Something left behind; an excess or remainder.

resiliente

Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic. (of objects or substances)

resilienza

(psychology, neuroscience) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

resina

A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.

resinoso

Of or relating to resin.

resistente

(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent. [from 17th c.]

resistenza

The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.

resistere

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

resistività

(electricity) The resistance offered at a particular temperature by an electrical conductor of any given material in a cube of unit length, expressed in ohm-metres (Ωm) in the metric system of measurement.

resistore

(electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.

reso

An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.

resoconto

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

respingere

(transitive) To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.

respiratore

A device to assist breathing.

respiratorio

(relational) Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing.

respirazione

(uncountable) The act of respiration; (countable) a single instance of this.

respiro

(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.

responsabile

Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.

responsabile luci

(film) A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.

responsabilità

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.

responsabilizzazione

The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).

ressa

A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

resta

(biology) One of the fibrils found on grains or fishes.

restante

A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.

restare

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

restare immobile

(intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.

restare impalato

(intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.

restare vivo

(intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.

restaurare

(transitive) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.

restaurazione

The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.

restauro

The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.

resti

The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

restio

Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. Always followed by a verbal phrase.

restituire

(figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge.

restituzione

An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.

resto

(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.

restringere

(transitive) To restrict or limit.

restringersi

(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.

restrittivo

Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds.

restrizione

The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.

resurressi

(Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

resurrezione

(Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

resuscitare

To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.

retaggio

A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.

retata

(law enforcement) Heightened efforts by law enforcement personnel undertaken in order to capture suspects.

rete

(sport) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.

rete a strascico

(fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.

rete elettrica

A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.

reti

(literal) A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.

reti sociali

(uncountable) Applications or websites allowing users to share content and communicate with one another through the Internet.

reticella

A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.) [from 19th c.]

reticente

Unwilling to communicate; keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.

reticolato

(cartography) A method of marking off maps into areas.

reticolazione

(chemistry) A covalent bond (or series of bonds) between adjacent chains of a polymer

reticolo

(cartography) A method of marking off maps into areas.

retina

The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum. [from 14th c.]

retino

(fishing) A fishnet mounted on a ring which is connected to a handle, used by anglers to secure a catch when pulling it out of the water by the line to which it is hooked.

retinolo

(organic compound, biochemistry) A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.

retratto

(mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

retrazione

A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.

retribuzione

(military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.

retro

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

retro-

Back or backward.

retroazione

(electronics, cybernetics, control theory, ) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.

retrobottega

A room near the rear of a premises.

retrocedere

(transitive) To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.

retrocessione

the act of backtracking

retrogradare

(astrology, astronomy) Of a celestial body, especially a planet: to show retrogradation; to seem to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement.

retroguardia

(military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.

retrogusto

The persistence of the taste of something no longer present.

retromarcia

Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.

retrospettiva

An exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity.

retrospettivo

Of, relating to, or contemplating the past.

retrospezione

The deliberate recall of past events

retroterra

The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.

retrovirale

(pharmaceutical effect) That combats infection by retroviruses.

retrovirus

(virology) Any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell, thus changing the genome of that cell.

retta

An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.

rettale

Of, via or related to the rectum.

rettangolare

Having a shape like a rectangle.

rettangolo

(geometry) Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.

rettificare

(transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

rettile

(informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc. [from 19th c.]

rettilineo

In a straight line.

rettitudine

(uncountable) The quality or state of being righteous.

retto

(anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon, but before leaving the body through the anus or cloaca.

rettore

A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university.

rettoressa

A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university.

reumatico

Resembling or relating to rheumatism.

reumatoide

(medicine, dated) Presenting analogies with rheumatism.

reumatologa

A doctor specializing in the treatment of arthritis and other ailments of the joints.

reumatologia

(medicine) The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints.

reumatologo

A doctor specializing in the treatment of arthritis and other ailments of the joints.