Italian–English dictionary

revanscismo

The political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory.

reverenda

(informal) A member of the Christian clergy; a minister.

Reverendo

(Christianity) A title indicating respect, prefixed to the names of Christian clergy.

revers

Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.

revisionare

To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.

revisione

An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures

revisionismo

(historiography) The advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events.

revisionista

Of or pertaining to revisionism.

revisore

(business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.

revisore contabile

One who audits bookkeeping accounts.

revoca

The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

revocare

(legal) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.

revolver

(firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.

revorbaro

(firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.

revulsione

(medicine) The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation.

revulsivo

Causing revulsion.

Rhodesia

(historical) A historical region of Southern Africa, the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia. [used from 1895 to 1964]

ri-

Back (to a former place or state). [from 11thc.]

riabilitare

(informal, transitive) To rehabilitate.

riabilitazione

(informal) An institution for rehabilitation.

riabilitazioni

(informal) An institution for rehabilitation.

riaccendere

(transitive) To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.

riadattare

To adjust again.

riaggregarsi

To assemble again.

riallacciare

(transitive) To cause to return to a former condition.

rialzista

(finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.

riambientarsi

To adjust again.

riapertura

the act of opening something again

riappacificazione

The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.

riappropriarsi

(transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.

riaprimento

the act of opening something again

riarrangiamento

(chemistry) A rearrangement reaction.

riarrangiare

(transitive) To change the order or arrangement of (one or more items).

riarso

Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.

riassicurante

Giving comfort, especially in the sense of soothing distress.

riassumere

(transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

riassunto

(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]

riavere

(transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.

riavviare

(computing) Synonym of reboot.

riavvicinamento

The reestablishment of cordial relations, particularly between two countries; a reconciliation.

riavvio

(computing) An instance of rebooting.

riavvolgere

(transitive, intransitive) To wind (something) again.

ribadire

(transitive) To emphasize or review.

ribalta

A hinged leaf.

ribaltabile

A dropper of refuse, particularly not in landfill or recycling sites.

ribaltare

(transitive, nautical) To cause (a ship) to overturn.

ribaltarsi

(transitive, nautical) To cause (a ship) to overturn.

ribaltato

Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction. [from 19th c.]

ribassare

To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full. [from early 18th c.]

ribasso

(accounting) The deduction of minor revenues incidental to an operation in calculating the cost of the operation.

ribattezzare

(transitive) To give a new name to.

ribattino

A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

ribellarsi

(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.

ribelle

Boldly resisting opposition.

ribellismo

The state of being rebellious.

ribollire

(transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.

ribrezzare

(intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.

ribrezzo

An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.

ricadere

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

ricaduta

The act or situation of relapsing.

ricalcare

(transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.

ricalibrare

To calibrate for a second or subsequent time.

ricamare

To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.

ricambio

(countable) A replacement.

ricamo

The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.

ricapitolazione

(theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.

ricarica

A product intended to replace the used contents of a container or the exhausted supply of a device.

ricaricare

(transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.

ricattare

(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.

ricattatore

Someone who blackmails.

ricattatrice

Someone who blackmails.

ricatto

The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.

ricca

Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.

Riccardo

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

ricchezza

An abundance of wealth.

ricchi

The wealthy or privileged, contrasted to those who are poor or deprived: the have-nots.

riccio

(engineering) A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.

riccioli

Specifically, a body of curly hair on someone's head.

Riccioli d'oro

The protagonist of a traditional fairy tale. She is a golden-haired young girl who inquisitively enters the house of three bears and tries their three bowls of porridge, three chairs, and three beds, in each case finding only one that suits her.

ricciolo

A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.

riccioluto

a person or animal with curly hair.

ricco

(figurative) Considerable in amount.

riccone

(informal) A wealthy person.

ricerca

(publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

ricercare

(transitive) To seek.

ricercato

Sought-after; popular; coveted.

ricercatore

One who researches.

ricercatrice

One who researches.

ricetrasmettitore

A combined radio transmitter and receiver.

ricetrasmissione

A combined radio transmitter and receiver.

ricetta

(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.

ricettacolo

(botany) The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; a thalamus, a torus.

ricettaculo

A container.

ricettario

A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.

ricettatore

(informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.

ricettazione

Receiving and buying of stolen goods.

ricettività

the characteristic of being receptive

ricettivo

Capable of receiving something.

ricevente

(medicine) A person receiving donor organs or tissues.

ricevere

(radio) To receive a transmission successfully.

ricevimento

An official or social occasion.

ricevitore

(baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.

ricevuta

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

ricevuto

(radio, _, telecommunications, procedure word) Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)

ricezione

The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.

richiamare

(transitive) To chide or scold vehemently.

richiamata

(telephony) A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network.

richiamo

A beckoning or summoning.

richiedente

One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.

richiedere

(transitive, computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.

richieditore

(UK) A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar.

richiesta

The return of a situation to a previous position or state; a reference to such a position or state.

richiesto

Sought-after; popular; coveted.

riciclaggio

The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.

riciclaggio dei rifiuti

The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.

riciclare

(transitive) To break down and reuse component materials.

ricina

(protein, poison) An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.

rickshaw

A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.

ricodificare

(computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.

ricognizione

(military) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.

ricollegare

(ambitransitive) To connect again or differently.

ricolmare

(transitive) To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.

ricombinare

(transitive) To change the order or arrangement of (one or more items).

ricominciare

To begin again.

ricompensa

(countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.

ricompensare

(intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.

riconciliare

(idiomatic) To repair a relationship; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress.

riconciliazione

Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.

riconfigurare

(computing) To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.

ricongiungere

(ambitransitive) To connect again or differently.

riconnettere

(ambitransitive) To connect again or differently.

riconoscente

(obsolete) Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.

riconoscenza

The state of being grateful.

riconoscere

(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.

riconoscimento

A special acknowledgment; an award.

riconosciuto

Notable; distinguished; honored.

riconsegnare

To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.

riconsiderare

(ambitransitive) To consider a matter again.

riconsiderazione

The act of reconsidering or something reconsidered.

riconteggiare

To count again.

riconteggio

A counting again, as of votes.

riconvenire

(transitive) To resume something that has been convened and then paused.

riconvenzione

(legal) A suit filed by a defendant against a plaintiff secondary to the original complaint.

riconversione

A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation.

ricoprire

(transitive) To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.

ricoprire con tegole

(transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.

ricordare

To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.

ricordarsi

To not forget (to do something required)

ricordo

The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.

ricorrente

Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.