Italian–English dictionary

scarpe da ginnastica

(US, Atlantic Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer.

scarpe da tennis

(US, Atlantic Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer.

scarpe senza tacco

(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.

scarroccio

The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.

scarrozzare

(transitive) To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.

scarseggiare

(transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.

scarsità

(transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.

scarso

Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.

scartabellare

To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.

scartare

(transitive) To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).

scartavetrare

(transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.

scarto

(informal) A dismissal or rejection.

scartoffia

A printed sheet such as a leaflet or pamphlet, or a worksheet, that is given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use, for example as an advertisement or for information.

scassarsi

(transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

scassinare

(transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

scassinatore (di casseforti)

One who breaks into safes.

scassinatrice (di casseforti)

One who breaks into safes.

scatarrare

A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.

scatenare

(figurative) To let go; to release.

scatenato

immoderate; not restrained or held in check; inordinate (literary).

scatola

A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.

scatola da scarpe

The box in which shoes are sold.

scatola degli attrezzi

A storage case for tools.

scatola del cambio

(engineering) A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a gland, etc.

scatola di fiammiferi

A small cardboard box in which matches are kept.

scatoletta

A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).

scattare

(intransitive) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.

scatto

A short run, flight.

scautismo

A worldwide youth movement with the aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, so that they may play a constructive role in the society [1].

scavabuche

A tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc.

scavalcare

To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.

scavare

(intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.

scavare una tana

(intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole.

scavatore

A person who excavates.

scavezzacollo

Recklessly bold; adventurous. [from 1832]

scavi

An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.

scavo

(archaeology) A pit resulting from unauthorized excavation by treasure-hunters or vandals.

scegliere

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

sceicco

The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.

scellerato

(of a person or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities; hence also having bad character or habits, base, immoral, corrupt.

scellino

The old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen.

scelta

One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.

scemenza

An untrue statement.

scemenze

Nonsense, foolish talk.

scemo

(chiefly, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid.

scena

(countable) A display of behaviour.

scenario

A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.

scendere

(intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.

scendere in picchiata

(intransitive, of aircraft) To dive down in a steep angle.

scendiletto

A partial covering for a floor. [1624]

sceneggiare

(transitive) To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television.

sceneggiata

(figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.

sceneggiatore

One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.

sceneggiatrice

One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.

sceneggiatura

(dated) A screenplay itself, or an outline or a treatment of it.

scenetta

A joke or other mischievous prank.

sceriffo

A traditional Arab tribal title for one who serves as the protector of the tribe and all tribal assets.

scervellarsi

(figuratively) To struggle to think of or remember something.

scespiriano

(literature) Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of William Shakespeare (an English playwright), his works, or his authorship, or the time in which he lived.

scettica

Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.

scettico

Unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity.

scettro

An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

scheda

(originally) A small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.

scheda di valutazione

(education) A document, on cardboard or plain paper, indicating the grades that a student has earned, issued at the end of a term of a regular period.

scheda elettorale

(originally) A small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.

scheda madre

(computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices.

schegge

(military) Any shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb, or landmine.

scheggia

A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.

scheggia di bomba

(military) Any shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb, or landmine.

scheggiare

(colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.

scheggiarsi

(colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.

scheletrico

Angular, bony, and lean.

scheletro

A human body or the structure thereof; the size, shape, sturdiness etc. of a person's body as described in a certain way; one's build.

schema

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.]

scherma

The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing).

schermaglia

A skirmish, a hostile encounter.

schermare

(medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.

schermato

provided with a shield

schermidore

A participant in the sport of fencing.

schermitrice

A participant in the sport of fencing.

schermo

(computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.

schernire

(intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.

scherno

A mocking remark or reflection.

scherzare

(archaic) To make a fool of; to make act the fool.

scherzo

(informal) A joke.

scherzo meschino

A practical joke or mischievous trick.

schiacciante

Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.

schiacciare

To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.

schiacciata

The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.

schiaffeggiare

(transitive) To give a slap to.

schiaffo

(countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.

schiamazzare

(intransitive) To argue noisily.

schiamazzo

A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

schiantare

(transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.

Schianto

The third reindeer of Santa Claus.

schiarimento

The act or process of making or becoming clear.

schiarito

Lit by moonlight.

schiavismo

An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.

schiavista

A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, transports, or owns slaves.

schiavitù

The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.

schiccherare

(ambitransitive) To write or draw carelessly and in a hurry.

schiena

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

schienale

The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.

schieramento

An alliance of factions.

schierarsi

(intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"

schietto

Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct.

schifezza

The state of being hideous; extreme ugliness

schifo

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

schifoso

(colloquial, often, childish) Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.

schinella

A benign bony growth, often covered with cartilage, on the surface of a bone or tooth.

schioccare

(intransitive) To make a cracking sound.

schioccare le dita

(archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.

schiocco

A sudden percussive noise.

schioppettata

Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.

schioppo

Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.

schiudersi

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

schiuma

A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:

schiuma di sapone

(countable, uncountable) The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.

schiumare

(ambitransitive) To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.

schiusa

(uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.

schivare

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

schivo

(archaic) Quiet, reserved, modest.

schizoide

Characterized by social withdrawal and emotional coldness or flattened affectivity.

schizzare

(ambitransitive, of fluids) To shoot or spray.

schizzare via

(intransitive) To run with speed; to scurry.

schizzato

(informal) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.

schizzo

(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.

schooner

(watercraft) A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.

sci

One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.

scia

(nautical) A backward flow of water, as from oars, a propeller, breaking waves, etc.

sciabica

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

sciabicare

(ambitransitive) To take (fish or other marine animals) with a trawl.

sciabordare

(intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.

sciacalla

Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.

sciacallaggio

The act of stealing during a crisis such as a war, riot or natural disaster, when law enforcement is ineffective or absent.

sciacallo

Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.

sciacquare

(transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.

sciacquatura

(by extension, figurative) Anything disgusting or worthless.

sciacquio

(onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.

sciacquone

Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.

sciagurato

A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.

scialacquio

The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.

scialare

To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.

scialbatura

The process of making something white or whiter.

scialle

A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women. [from 1662]

scialo

The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.

scialuppa

(nautical) A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).

sciamana

A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds; sometimes also a healer.

sciamano

A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds; sometimes also a healer.

sciame

A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.