Italian–English dictionary

Arcimbaldo

A en given name.

Arcimboldo

A en given name.

arcinemica

A principal enemy.

arcinemico

A principal enemy.

arcipelago

(collective, geography) A group of islands.

arcivescovo

A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)

arco

A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).

arco inflesso

(architecture) An ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other.

arcobaleno

A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

arcolaio

(textiles) A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.

ardente

Of or relating to fire.

ardere

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.

ardesia

Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate.

ardimento

A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.

ardimentosamente

In a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration; with precipitation.

ardire

(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).

arditamente

In a bold manner; with confidence.

ardito

Courageous, daring.

ardore

Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

arduo

Demanding a lot of effort to endure.

area

A particular geographic region.

area acquitrinosa

(usually, in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.

area paludosa

(usually, in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.

areale

Of or pertaining to an area.

arena

(sports) A stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.

arenaria

A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.

Ares

(Greek god) The Greek god of war, considered equivalent to the Roman Mars and usually described as a son of Zeus and Hera, companion of Eris and Enyo, and by Aphrodite father of Deimos and Phobos.

argano

A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).

argentato

Resembling silver in color, shiny white.

argenteo

Made from silver.

argenteria

(collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.

Argentina

A country in South America. Official name: Argentine Republic. Capital: Buenos Aires.

argentino

Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina or its people.

argento

(tincture) : of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

argento sterlina

Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925.

argento vivo

The metal mercury.

argilla

A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.

argine

(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

argo

The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.

argomentare

(transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).

argomentazione

(countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.

argomento

A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.

argon

The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.

arguto

(archaic) Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.

arguzia

(UK, Irish) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. [from early 18th c.]

Ari

A town in Abruzzo, Italy.

aria

(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance

aria fritta

(figuratively) Unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel.

arianesimo

(Christianity) A Christological doctrine, condemned as heretical by the First Council of Nicaea, which holds that Jesus was created by God, rather than being God himself.

Arianna

(Greek mythology) The daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae.

ariano

(Christianity) Of or pertaining to Arius or Arianism.

arido

Very dry.

arieggiare

(transitive) To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.

ariete

(historical) A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates or a siege engine that includes such an object.

arigatò

(colloquial) Thank you (used in the context of, or to evoke, Japanese culture).

aringa

Clupea harengus, an abundant species of herring and an important food fish living in the North Atlantic.

aringa affumicata

A herring that is cured in smoke and brine strong enough to turn the flesh red; a typeof kipper.

ario

A believer in something.

aristocratica

One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).

aristocratico

One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).

Aristotele

An ancient Greek philosopher, logician, and scientist (382–322 BCE), student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.

aritmetica

(mathematics) Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.

aritmetico

(mathematics) Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.

Arkansas

A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.

arlecchino

Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes.

arma

(usually used in the plural) A weapon.

arma da fuoco

A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.

arma parlante

(countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.

armadillo

Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.

armadillo volgare

Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.

armadio

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

Armageddon

(Christianity, Islam) Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.

Armaghedòn

(Christianity, Islam) Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.

armaiolo

A manufacturer of weapons, especially of guns.

armamentario

A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.

Armando

A en given name.

armarsi

(intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself.

armata

A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.

armatura

(uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.

arme

Heraldry.

armeggiare

(transitive, intransitive) To handle nervously or awkwardly.

armeggione

Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.

armellino

(tincture) The fur of this animal, used as a heraldic tincture: a white field with a repeating pattern of stylized black spots.

armena

Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.

Armenia

(historical) Ancient kingdom in the Armenian Highland southeast of Black Sea and southwest of Caspian Sea; area now divided between Turkey, Republic of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran.

armeno

Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.

armento

A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.

armeria

A place where arms are kept, an arsenal.

armi

(in the plural) Heraldic bearings or insignia.

armistizio

(countable, military) A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat.

armonia

Harmony in personal relations.

armonica

A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.

armonico

(music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.

armoniosamente

In a harmonious manner; coordinately.

Arnaldo

A en given name brought to England by Normans.

arnese

A tool or instrument for working with.

arnia

Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.

Arno

A river in Tuscany that flows through Pisa and Florence.

aroma

The scent of a particular wine.

aromaterapia

(alternative medicine) The use of selected fragrances in lotions and inhalants in an effort to affect mood and promote health.

aromatico

Fragrant or spicy.

aromatizzare

(American spelling, transitive) To add flavoring to something.

arpa

(music, colloquial) Any musical instrument.

arpento

A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures (from 3419 to 5107 square metres).

arpìa

A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.

arpionare

(transitive) To shoot something with a harpoon.

arpione

(fishing) A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals; a type of harpoon.

arpionismo

A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.

arpista

Someone who plays a harp, especially a pedal harp.

arpone

A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.

arrabattarsi

To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.

arrabbiare

(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

arrabbiarsi

(intransitive) To become angry.

arrabbiato

Displaying or feeling anger.

arraffare

(intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).

arraffazzonato

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

arrampicare

(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.

arrampicarsi

(ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

arrampicata

An act of climbing.

arrampicatore

Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).

arrampicatrice

Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).

arrancare

(intransitive) To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly.

arrangiamento

The act of arranging.

arrangiare

(music, transitive, intransitive) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.

arrangiarsi

(ambitransitive) To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.

arrapamento

The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.

arrapare

(transitive) To sexually stimulate.

arrapato

In eager desire, eager, astir.

array

(programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.

arrembaggio

A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.

arrendere

(transitive, or, intransitive) To give as demanded; to relinquish.

arrendersi

(intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]

arrendevolezza

(uncountable) The state of being compliant.

arrestare

(law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.

arrestarsi

(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

arresto

(legal) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

arretramento

The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.

arretrare

(intransitive) To step backwards.

arretrato

Work to be done, obligation.

arricchimento

The act of enriching or something enriched.

arricchire

(transitive, followed by, _, with, or rarely by, _, of) To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.

arricchito

Self-important and presumptuous.

arricciamento

A curved stroke or shape.

arricciare

(sewing) To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.

arricciato

Having curls.

arricciatura

A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.

arriffare

(transitive, often with off) To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing.

arringa

A prolonged discourse; a long-winded speech.

arrischiarsi a

(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).

arrischiatamente

In a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration; with precipitation.