Italian–English dictionary

sbirro

(British, Ireland, Australia, slang) A police officer.

sbloccare

(transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.

sbobba

(uncountable, slang) Food.

sbolgiare

To hang like an empty bag.

sbornia

The consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol in a short period of time.

sborniarsi

(intransitive, informal) To become or cause to become (very) drunk or intoxicated.

sborniato

Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

sborra

(uncountable, chiefly, UK, vulgar, slang) Semen.

sborsare

(informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).

sbottare

(transitive, dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.

sbottonare

(intransitive, ergative) To come open by having its buttons unfastened.

SBR

(preceded by “the”) Initialism of w:British Broadcasting Corporation.

sbraitare

(intransitive) To yell or shout.

sbranare

(usually of an animal) To savage; to cause serious physical wounds.

sbriciolare

(intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.

sbriciolarsi

(transitive) To break into crumbs.

sbrigarsi

(intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.

sbrigativamente

(manner) In a summary manner.

sbrigativo

Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.

sbrodolare

To fall in drops or an unsteady stream; to trickle.

sbrogliare

(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.

sbronza

(slang) A bout of heavy drinking.

sbronzarsi

(intransitive, or, transitive) To drink to excess.

sbronzo

(informal) Drunk.

sbruffona

(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner. [from c. 1840]

sbruffone

(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner. [from c. 1840]

sbruffoneria

Pompous, officious talk.

sbucciare

(transitive) To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.

sbucciarsi

(transitive) To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.

sbucciatura

The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

sbudellare

(transitive) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.

sbufalare

(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

sbuffare

(intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.

sbuffata

The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.

sbuffo

A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine.

sbugiardare

(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

sbullonare

(transitive) To unlock by undoing the bolts of.

scabbia

(veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).

scabbioso

Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.

scabro

Not smooth; uneven.

scabroso

Slightly sexually suggestive; bordering on indelicate.

scacazzata

The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements.

scaccato

Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.

scacchi

A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

scacchiera

(chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.

scacciamosche

A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.

scacciare

(transitive) To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.

scacco

(textiles, usually, pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.

scacco matto

(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.

scadente

(slang) Of poor quality or highly undesirable.

scadenza

Any other (metaphorically comparable) cessation, extinction, or ending.

scadenzario

A reminder or cue.

scadere

(intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.

scaduto

Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to fulfill a need.

scaffale

A shelf on which articles may be laid.

scagionare

(transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.

scaglia

(archaeology) A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.

scagliare

(transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.

scaglietta

(countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.

scaglionare

(transitive, military) To form troops into an echelon.

scaglione

A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.

scaglioso

Covered with, made of, or resembling scales; scaly.

scala

A series of steps; a staircase.

scala mobile

A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.

scalandrone

A passage through the side of a ship or an opening in the railing through which the ship may be boarded; (, also, in, later use) a jet bridge.

scalare

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

scalata

An act of climbing.

scalatore

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

scalatrice

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

scalcare

To cut meat in order to serve it.

scaldabagno

A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.

scaldacollo

A piece of clothing to keep the neck warm.

scaldante

Causing heat.

scaldare

(transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").

scaletta

A set of structured activities; a plan of action.

scalinata

A series of stairs between landings.

scalino

A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.

scalmanarsi

(intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.

scalmiera

(nautical) A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.

scalmo

A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.

scalo

(North America, Australia) A break between stages of a journey.

scalognato

Not favored by fortune.

scalpare

To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.

scalpellino

Somebody who cuts, carves or dresses stone.

scalpello

A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.

scalpo

(historical) A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.

scalpore

An exhibition of affection or admiration.

scaltrezza

The quality of being astute.

scaltro

Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.

scalzare

(transitive) To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.

scalzo

Wearing nothing on the feet.

scambiare

(transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

scambiarsi effusioni

(intransitive) Of a person: to caress, fondle, or pet another person; of two people: to caress, fondle, or pet each other; also, to have sexual intercourse; to make love.

scambiarsi gli auguri

(transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet.

scambio

An act of exchanging or trading.

scambismo

(sex) An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners, often in a group setting.

scambista

A person who will exchange currency of one type for another for a fee or percentage.

scamiciato

A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.

scamone

A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.

scamosciato

Made of suede.

scampolo

The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.

scanalatura

A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.

scandagliare

(nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.

scandaglio

(countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.

scandalizzare

(transitive) To cause great offense to (someone).

scandalo

An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.

scandaloso

Of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful.

scandinava

Someone from Scandinavia.

Scandinavia

A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands.

scandinavo

(of a language) Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

scandire

(poetry, transitive) To read or mark so as to show a specific metre. [from 14th C.]

scanditore

A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. [from 20th c.]

scandola

A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.

scanner

A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. [from 20th c.]

scannerizzare

(computing, medicine, transitive) To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.

scanno

Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.

scansafatiche

(slang) A person who cops out.

scansare

(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

scansionatore

A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. [from 20th c.]

scansione

(computing) An instance of scanning.

scansore

A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. [from 20th c.]

scantinato

(architecture) A floor of a building below ground level.

scapecchiatoio

(textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

scapestrataggine

The state or quality of being wild.

scapestrato

A person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention. [from 1794]

scapigliato

Having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.

scapito

Harm, hurt, damage.

scapolare

To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.

scapolo

(obsolete) An unmarried woman.

scappare

(intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.

scappatella

A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.

scappato

Having run away; escaped; fugitive.

scappatoia

(figurative) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.

Scarabeo

A board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board.

scarabocchi

A small mindless sketch, etc.

scarabocchiare

(ambitransitive) To draw or scribble aimlessly.

scarabocchio

A small mindless sketch, etc.

scaramuccia

(military) A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.

scaraventare

(transitive) To place, to put carelessly.

scardinare

To remove the leaf of a door or a window from its supporting hinges.

scarica

(electricity) The act of releasing an accumulated charge.

scaricamento

A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection.

scaricare

(transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.

scaricare dati

(transitive, computing) To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.

scaricatore di porto

(US) A man employed to load and unload ships; any person thus employed.

scarico

For internal combustion engines, any of several pipes, connected in series, that carry waste gases away from the engine and vent it to the air.

scarlatto

A brilliant red colour sometimes tinged with orange.

scarnito

A person or an animal that is emaciated or very thin, as from lack of nutrition.

scarpa

(intransitive, chiefly, _, as, _, past, _) To cover an object with a protective layer of material.

scarpata

A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.