Italian–English dictionary

stack

(computing, often with "the") A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.

stadia

(surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.

stadio

A venue where sporting events are held.

staffa

A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

staffetta

(athletics) A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. The most common events are 4×100 meter and 4×400 meter competitions. [from 19th c.]

staffilare

(transitive) To hit with a whip.

staffilata

A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.

staffile

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

stafilococco

A spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus, causing blisters, septicemia, and other infections.

stage

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

stagflazione

(economics) Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment. [from 1965]

stagionale

Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.

stagionare

(transitive, by extension) To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.

stagionatura

(cooking) Adding a layer of fat to render the surface of cookware non-stick.

stagione

(North America, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.

stagione della mietitura

The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.

stagista

A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.

stagnare

(intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful. [from 17th c.]

stagnazione

Inactivity.

stagnino

An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.

stagno

An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

staio

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

stakanovista

Pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working.

stakanovistico

Pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hard-working.

Stalin

A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Georgian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Joseph Stalin.

Stalingrado

(historical) Former name of Volgograd: a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle; used from 1925–1961.

stalinismo

The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

stalker

A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.

stalla

A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.

stallare

(transitive) To put or keep (an animal) in a stable.

stallatico

Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.

stalliere

A person who looks after horses.

stallo

A type of church pew, typically on the west side, originally reserved for the churchwarden, and often decorated or engraved.

stallone

A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research).

stamberga

(pejorative) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.

Stambul

A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).

stame

(botany) In flowering plants, a male reproductive structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.

stampa

(uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).

stampante

(computer hardware) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.

stampare

(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.

stampato

Something printed on paper, usually by a printer (machine).

stampella

A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.

stampo

The mould used to make cast objects.

stanare

(transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.

stancare

(transitive) To tire or make weary by physical or mental exertion.

stancarsi

(intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).

stanchevole

That tires or tire.

stanchezza

A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

stanco

In need of some rest or sleep.

stand

A small stall for the display and sale of goods.

standard

(figurative) Ordinary; not special.

standardizzare

To make to conform to a standard.

stanga

A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.

stanghetta

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

stanotte

During the night following the current day; during the evening of today.

stantio

No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.

stanza

(countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling. [from 15th c.]

stanza da bagno

A building or area where bathing occurs.

stanziamento

Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.

stanziare

To set aside for a purpose.

stappare

(transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.

star

An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.

starci

(transitive) To conform to in size and shape.

stare

(intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from ca. 1150—1350]

stare alle calcagna

To chase after; especially, to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play.

stare attento a

(transitive) To be wary or cautious of.

stare bene

In good health or a good emotional state.

stare dispiaciuto

(of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.

stare fermo

(intransitive, followed by to + infinitive) To be positioned to gain or lose.

stare in ascolto per

(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.

stare in piedi

(intransitive, copulative) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.

stare meglio

(dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.

stare rubato

(obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.

stare sicuro

(transitive) To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.

stare sui carboni ardenti

(intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.

starlet

A young actress with a promising career ahead of her.

starnazzare

(intransitive) To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn.

starnutire

(intransitive, medical sign) To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.

starnuto

An act of sneezing.

starter

A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

stasera

During the evening of today.

stasi

(figurative) A position that offers no hope of change or progress.

statalismo

(mostly, libertarianism, and, anarchism) The belief that the state is a legitimate societal organization. [1912]

statico

used in adjectives relating to nouns with the suffix -stasis

statista

A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.

statistica

A single item in a statistical study.

statistico

Of or pertaining to statistics.

stato

The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc. [from 14th c.]

stato civile

One of several discrete options describing a person's relationship with a significant other, such as single, married, divorced, widowed, civil union, domestic partnership, etc.

stato confusionale

(figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.

stato coniugale

A joining of two parts.

stato dell'arte

The condition of scientific or technical knowledge, particularly the peak or highest level thereof, at a particular time. [from early 20th c.]

stato di grazia

A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.

statua

A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.

statuetta

A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.

statuire

(transitive) To declare to be a fact.

statuizione

(legal) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.

statunitense

Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture.

statura

A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.

status quo

The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.

stazionare

(usually passive) To put in place to perform a task.

stazione

(British) A place where trains stop for passengers to embark and disembark.

stazione di lavoro

(computing) A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.

stazzo

An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.

stearica

A slender wax candle.

stecca

(nautical) A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended.

stecca da biliardo

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.

steccato

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

stecchino

With little flesh; skinny, thin.

stecchito

Stiff, rigid.

Stefania

A en given name.

stegola

The handle of a plough.

stella

(printing) An asterisk (*) or comparable symbol (e.g., ★, ☆, ✶, ✦, ✧, ✷, ✪, ⭐) inspired by a celestial star.

stella alpina

A European perennial alpine plant (Leontopodium alpinum), with downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster.

stella di mare

Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.

stella marina

Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.

stellare

(astronomy, notcomp) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.

stellina

A small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for decoration; a sequin.

stelo

(botany) A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.

stemma

(heraldry) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled; (now, especially) a funeral shield: the hatchment.

stemperamento

The process of making something dilute.

stencil

A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet.

stendardo

(heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.

stendere

(transitive) To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.

stendere fili elettrici

To equip with wires for use with electricity.

stendibiancheria

A frame on which laundry is hung to dry.

stendibirilli

A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling

stenografia

A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.

stentoreo

(of a voice) Loud, powerful, booming, suitable for giving speeches to large crowds.

sterco

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.

stereotipare

(transitive) To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.

sterile

(of people and animals, not comparable) Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.

sterilità

The state or quality of being sterile.

Sterilizzare

(transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

sterlina

The currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling.

sterminare

(transitive) To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.

sterna

Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sterninae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.

sterno

(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.

steroide

(biochemistry, organic compound) A class of organic compounds having a structure of 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids.

sterrare

(construction, archaeology) To dig or excavate a trench; to trench.

sterratore

A person who excavates.

sterzata

A change of direction or orientation.

stesso

Something similar, something of the identical type.

stetoscopio

(medicine) A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.

steward

The rank or office of a steward.

stia

A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.

sticario

The outer clerical garb worn by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to the alb in Latin-Rite Catholic Churches.

sticker

An adhesive label or decal.

Stige

(Greek mythology) The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon.

stigio

(Greek mythology) Of, by or relating to the river Styx in Greek mythology.