Italian–English dictionary

sorella

A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.

sorellastra

A female sibling sharing a single parent.

sorgente

(figuratively) An abundant source of knowledge, etc.

sorgere

(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.

sorgere del sole

The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

sorgere della luna

The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.

sorgo

A cereal, Sorghum genus and species, the grains of which are cultivated to make flour and feed cattle. Almost all cultivated ones as well as some wild ones belong to the species Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum vulgare).

soriano

Brindled; diversified in color.

sornione

Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

sorpassare

To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).

sorpassato

Of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue.

sorprendente

Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.

sorprendentemente

To a wonder-inspiring extent.

sorprendere

To surprise greatly.

sorpresa

The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.

sorpreso

Amazed; surprised.

sorreggere

(transitive) To support from below with props or masonry.

Sorrento

A town and comune of the province of Naples, Campania, Italy.

sorridere

(intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.

sorrisetto

An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.

sorriso

A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

sorsata

A large gulp of drink.

sorseggiare

(transitive) To drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time.

sorso

A large gulp of drink.

sorte

Destiny, especially terrible.

sorteggiare

(cricket, archaic) Of a batter: to hit (a ball) from the off side to the leg side, especially with an inclined bat; also, to hit (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket. [from 19th c.]

sorteggio

The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.

sortilegio

An evil spell or curse.

sortire

(intransitive) To carry out a sortie; to sally.

sortita

A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.

sorvegliante

A guard, especially in a prison.

sorveglianza

The act of watching a location or people, generally covertly.

sorvegliare

(transitive) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.

sorvolare

(transitive, idiomatic) To treat something with less care than it in some ways deserves; to ignore, or at least to discount or dismiss for the current purposes.

sorvolo

A flight past a celestial object in order to make observations.

sosia

(idiomatic) Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.

sospendere

(intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.

sospensione

Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. [Mid 17th century]

sospensorio

(cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.

sospensorio conchiglia

(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.

sospensorio elastico

(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.

sospesa

Suspended.

sospeso

Suspended.

sospetto

Suspicious, or of dubious character.

sospettoso

(figurative) Suspicious; inspiring doubt.

sospingere

(transitive) To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.

sospirare

(weather) To blow gently.

sospiro

A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.

sosta

A period of reduced activity; a respite.

Šostakovič

A transliteration of the Russian surname Шостако́вич (Šostakóvič).

sostantivo

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

sostanza

(countable) The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.

sostanza inquinante

A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.

sostanziale

Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.

sostanzialmente

Chiefly; for the most part. [from 17th c.]

sostanzioso

Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.

sostare

(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.

sostegno

The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.

sostenere

(transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action). [late 16th c.]

sostenitore

A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent [from 18th c.]

sostenitore convinto

One who firmly supports a cause.

sostenitore fedele

One who firmly supports a cause.

sostenitrice

A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent [from 18th c.]

sostentamento

Something that provides support or nourishment.

sostituibile

Capable of being replaced.#: The machine uses a replaceable filter.

sostituire

To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.

sostituto

A reserve or substitute.

sostituzione

The act of replacing something.

sott'acqua

(not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.

sottaceti

(often, in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.

sottaceto

Preserved by pickling.

sottacqua

(not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.

sottana

(historical, countable) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.

sotterfugio

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

sotterraneo

Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

sotterrare

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

sottigliezza

(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.

sottile

Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.

sottilmente

With subtleness, in a subtle manner; with cleverness rather than brute force.

sottinteso

Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted at.

sotto

In or to a lower place.

sotto copertura

(espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.

sotto-

Under, beneath.

sottobanco

Illicitly, against regulations, of goods kept under the serving counter in a shop to be unobtrusively passed to a customer who knows they are available for surreptitious sale (e.g. pornographic magazines in a newsagent).

sottobicchiere

A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.

sottobosco

The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes).

sottobottiglia

A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.

sottocomitato

A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.

sottocoppa

A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.

sottocutaneo

Pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin.

sottodominante

(music) The fourth tone of a scale.

sottofondo

A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).

sottogonna

(archaic, or, historical) A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.

sottogruppo

A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.

sottoinsieme

(set theory, of a set S) A set A such that every element of A is also an element of S.

sottolineare

(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).

sottomarino

Abbreviation of submarine.

sottomesso

(particularly of husbands or boyfriends) Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing matriarch, wife, or girlfriend.

sottomettere

To turn an animal into a beast of burden.

sottomettersi

(intransitive, with in or to (or sometimes with)) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.

sottomissione

The act of bringing something under the control of something else.

sottopagato

Getting too little financial compensation for one's work.

sottopancia

A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.

sottopassaggio

A passage that crosses a road, railroad or similar obstacle in a tunnel underneath it.

sottopasso

(British) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).

sottopiatto

(kitchenware) A large decorative plate, sometimes used under dinner plates or other savoury-dish vessels in a multi-course meal; also service plate or underplate.

sottoporre

(transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.

sottoporsi

(transitive) To suffer or endure; bear with.

sottoportico

(architecture) A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.

sottoprogramma

(computer science) A section of code, called by the main body of a program, that implements a task.

sottoscritto

(of a document) Having signatures at the end or bottom.

sottoscrivere

(legal) To enter a formal agreement.

sottoscrizione

Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.

sottosegretaria

An administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet

sottosegretario

An administrator immediately subordinate to a head of a government department or to a member of a cabinet

sottosezione

A defined part of a section.

sottospazio

(countable, mathematics) A subset of a space which is a space in its own right.

sottostante

(literal) lying underneath

sottosterzare

The action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering. Tyre slip of the front wheels.

sottosterzo

The condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering, instead following more of a straight-line trajectory, losing a degree of traction, and so slipping off the required line.

sottostima

An estimate that is too low.

sottostimare

(transitive) To estimate too low; to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has.

sottostrato

(biology) A surface on which an organism grows, or to which an organism or an item is attached.

sottosviluppato

having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication

sottotazza

A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.

sottoterra

Below the ground.

sottotitolare

To create subtitles for the dialogue in a film.

sottotitolo

(cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.

sottovalutare

(transitive) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

sottovalutato

Not given enough recognition for its quality.

sottovalutazione

An estimate that is too low.

sottovaso

An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.

sottovento

On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.

sottoveste

A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.

sottovoce

Not loudly; nearly inaudibly.

sottrarre

(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]

soufflé

A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and various other ingredients, usually prepared and served in a small earthenware bowl (ramekin).

soul

(music) Soul music.

source

(electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

sovente

Frequently; many times on different occasions.

soverchiante

Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.

soverchiare

(transitive) To become greater than something else in quantity, worth, etc.

soviet

(historical) A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and then instituted as the main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union; by extension, a similar organization in early Chinese communism and elsewhere.

sovietica

A citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

sovietico

A citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

sovra-

beyond, over, or upon

sovrabbondante

Superabundant; excessive.

sovrabbondanza

(countable) An excessive amount of something.

sovradimensionare

(transitive) To exceed in size.

sovraeccitato

Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.