Italian–English dictionary

arrischiato

Dangerous, involving risks.

arrivare

(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.

arrivederci

Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

arrivederla

Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

arrivo

The act of arriving; an arrival.

arrocco

(chess) A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.

arrogante

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

arroganza

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

arrossamento

Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.

arrossimento

A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.

arrossire

(intransitive) To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.

arrostire

(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.

arrostito

Cooked by roasting.

arrosto

A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.

arrotare

(transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.

arrotolare

(ergative) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.

arrotolato

That which is rolled up.

arrotondamento

Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

arrotondato

(linguistics, of a vowel etc.) Pronounced with the lips drawn together.

arrovellarsi

(intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.

arruffare

To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.

arruffato

Forming a thick tangled mess.

arruffone

One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.

arrugginire

(transitive) To cause to oxidize.

arruolamenti

The number of people enrolled.

arruolamento

Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.

arruolare

(transitive) To force into military service.

arruolati

The people enrolled, considered as a group.

arruolato

A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.

arsenale

Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.

arsenico

A toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.

arsinico

(chemistry) Of or containing arsenic with a valence of 5.

arso

(of food) Carbonised.

Artaserse

(historical) The name of several Achaemenid kings of Persia.

arte

(uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.

arte della ceramica

The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay.

artefatto

An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.

artefice

One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.

artefizio

A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.

Artemide

(Greek god) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. (Compare Diana.)

arteriale

Of or relating to an artery.

arterioso

Of or relating to an artery.

artico

(geography) Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape. [from 16th c.]

articolare

(anatomy) Of, at, or relating to the joints of the body.

articolato

Effective in expressing meaning by speech.

articolazione

The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.

articolo

A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.

Artide

A continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole. [from 17th c.]

artificiale

Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.

artificialmente

In an artificial manner.

artificiere

(dated) A pyrotechnician: person skilled in the manufacture or setting off of fireworks and firework displays.

artificio

A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."

artificioso

Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.

artigianale

Involving skilled work, with comparatively little reliance on machinery.

artigianato

The state or quality of being artisanal (made by artisans or involving the work of artisans, with comparatively little reliance on machinery).

artigiano

A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.

artigliere

(military) A soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery.

artiglieria

An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.

artiglio

A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.

artiodattilo

(zoology) Any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals. In contrast, horses have an odd number of toes and as such are not Artiodactyla, but Perissodactyla. [from 19th c.]

artisticamente

In an artistic manner.

artisticità

Significant artistic skill.

arto

An external body part that projects from the body.

artrite

Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities.

Arturo

(star) A bright yellow-orange star in the constellation Boötes; Alpha (α) Boötis. It is the fourth-brightest star in the night sky.

Aruba

An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea.

aruolate

The people enrolled, considered as a group.

arvicola

Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.

arzigogolona

One who daydreams.

asbesto

(mineral) Any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc.

ascaro

(historical) A member of a local African military or police unit, usually one serving in a European colonial force.

ascella

The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

ascendente

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.

ascendenza

Lineage or hereditary derivation.

ascendenza (it)

Birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.

ascendonica

(typography, printing, dated) The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point. [from 18th c.]

Ascensione

(Christianity, specifically) The believed entry of Jesus Christ into heaven after his resurrection.

ascensore

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic, _, elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.

ascesa

Chiefly in in the ascendant: an act of ascending or rising.

ascesi

The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.

ascesso

(pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

asceta

One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.

ascetico

Of or relating to ascetics.

ascetismo

The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.

ascia

An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.

asciolvere

(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.

asciugacapelli

(chiefly, _, UK) A small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.

asciugaggine

A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.

asciugamano

A small towel used for drying the hands or face.

asciugare

(transitive, figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

asciugarsi

(transitive, figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

asciutto

Free from or lacking moisture.

ascoltare

(intransitive, _, except in archaic usage) To use one's sense of hearing and auditory cognition in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound.

ascoltare con attenzione

(intransitive) To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience.

ascoltatore

One who eavesdrops.

ascoltatrice

Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.

ascoltazione

An act of hearing; being heard.

ascolto

(intransitive) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.

ascolto di nascosto

Listening secretly to the private conversations of others.

ascrivere

(transitive) To attribute (a cause or characteristic) to someone or something.

aseità

(metaphysics, theology) Usually ascribed to deity: the attribute of being entirely self-derived, in contrast to being derived from or dependent on another; the quality of having within oneself the entire reason for one's being; utter independent self-existence and self-sustenance.

asessuato

(biology) Lacking distinct sex, lacking sexual organs.

asfaltare

(transitive) To pave with asphalt.

asfalto

A sticky, black to brown and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen with small mineral particles, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.

asfissiare

(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.

asiatica

(US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia.

asiatico

Of, relating to or from Asia.

asilo

A place of safety or refuge.

asimetrico

Not symmetric.

asimmetria

Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.

asinello

A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

asinesco

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys.

asinina

Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.

asinino

Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.

asino

(uncountable) A children's card game, sometimes played with a special deck, where the object of the game is for each player to find matches for all the cards in his hand, without being stuck with the single unmatchable card.

asintomatico

(medicine) Not exhibiting any symptoms of disease, as for example in a case which is subclinical.

asistematico

Not systematic; random, disorganised, or unthorough.

asistolia

(pathology, cardiology) An absence of a systole; a failure of the heart to contract.

asma

(pathology) A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.

asmatico

Having the characteristics of asthma, as in an "asthmatic cough".

asociale

Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people.

asparago

The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.

aspergere

(transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.

asperità

A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.

aspersione

(obsolete) A sprinkling, especially of holy water.

aspettare

(intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [mid-12th–mid-17th c.]

aspettativa

(law) Future interest as to possession or enjoyment

aspettazione

The act of staying or remaining in expectation.

aspetto

(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

aspic

A meat or fish jelly.

aspirante

Someone who aspires (for high office, etc.)

aspirapolverare

(transitive) To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.

aspirare

(transitive) To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.

aspiratore

A pump which draws gas through a liquid.

aspirazione

A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

aspirina

(uncountable, carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) an analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid

aspo

The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin

asportare

(transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.

asportare le ovaia

(transitive) To destroy or remove the ovaries or uterus (of a female animal) to prevent pregnancy.

asportazione

The process of removing or the fact of being removed.

aspramente

(manner, archaic) Harshly, severely; in a hard manner.

aspro

Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.

assaggiare

(transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.

assaggio

(computing) A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.

assai

Sufficiently.

assalire

(transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively).

assalitore

Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally.

assaltare

(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.

assalto

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

assaporare

(transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.