Italian–English dictionary

brenna

An old, useless horse.

Brėst

A city in Belarus, on the border with Poland.

Bretagna

An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany. [from 20th c.]

breve

(music) A double whole note; a note twice as long as a semibreve.

brevemente

(manner) In a brief manner, summarily.

brevetto

A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.

Brexit

(UK politics) Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

brezel

(culinary) A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.

Brezhnev

A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бре́жнєв (Bréžnjev)

Brežnev

A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бре́жнєв (Bréžnjev)

brezza

A light, gentle wind.

bric

(Northern England) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

bricco

(Northern England) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

briccola

(nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.

bricconaggine

malicious or reckless behaviour

briccone

Sometimes diminutive: a cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.

bricconeria

malicious or reckless behaviour

briciola

(chiefly, in the plural) A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread.

briciolo

(negative polarity) A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity.

bridge

(card games) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.

briefing

A meeting to share a concise summary of a current situation, especially in close preparation for an operation or undertaking.

brigadiere

(military) An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.

brigadiere generale

(military) An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.

brigante

(crime) An outlaw or bandit.

brigantino

(watercraft) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast

brigare

(intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.

brigata

(military) Military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service.

Brigida

A en given name.

Brigitta

A en given name.

briglia

(equestrian) The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.

brillamento

(astronomy) An arc of glowing material (chiefly gases) erupting from the surface of a star.

brillantare

(transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.

brillantatura

(cooking) A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, or flavorings, typically used for baked goods.

brillante

Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.

brillantemente

In a bright manner.

brillantezza

Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.

brillantina

A greasy or waxy substance that is used to style hair, making it look slick and shiny.

brillantini

A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.

brillare

(intransitive) To be much better than others.

brillo

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, informal) slightly drunk or intoxicated; tipsy

brina

A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.

brinamento

(physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)

brinare

(intransitive) To become covered with frost.

brindisi

(countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol.

brio

Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing.

brioche

(countable, and, uncountable) A type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.

brionia

A perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild species Bryonia dioica.

brioscia

(countable, and, uncountable) A type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.

briosità

The quality or state of being vivacious.

brioso

Full of life; energetic, vivacious.

briscola

(cards) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.

briscola di seme

(cards) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.

brit milà

(Judaism) Ritual male circumcision.

Britanni

An inhabitant of Great Britain, particularly (historical) a Celt from the area of Roman Britain or (obsolete) a Welshman; a British person.

britannica

(India) The British colonial authorities; a European member of the British Raj, especially an officer from the colonial authorities.

britannico

(historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.

brivido

A shiver; a thrill.

brocca

A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle. Originally used for carrying water

broccare

To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.

brocchiero

(obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.

broccoli

A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.

broccolo

A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.

brodaglia

Water that dishes and cooking utensils have been washed in.

brodo

(uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.

brogliaccio

(law enforcement) A daily register of arrests and other events in a police station.

brogliare

(pejorative, intransitive, transitive) To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly; sometimes extended sarcastically even to those not paid but strongly biased in favor.

bromuro

(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.

bronchiale

Of or relating to the bronchia, bronchi or bronchioles.

bronchiolite

(pathology) Inflammation of the bronchioles; especially common in young children.

bronchite

(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.

broncio

One's facial expression when pouting.

brontolamento

complaining

brontolare

(British, Ireland, dialect) To grumble, complain.

brontolio

(by extension) The rumbling sound made by a human's hungry stomach.

brontolona

A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

bronzeo

Made of bronze metal.

bronzo

(music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; a band or the section of an orchestra that features such instruments.

brownie

(usually, countable, baking, originally, US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate. [from 1897]

brr

Used to express being cold, to show shivering.

brucare

(ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)

bruciacchiare

(transitive) To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it

bruciacchiato

Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.

bruciacchiatura

A slight or surface burn.

bruciante

Burning or glowing.

bruciare

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.

bruciato

Damaged or injured by fire or heat.

bruciatore

(chemistry) A device that generates localized heat for experiments; a Bunsen burner.

bruciatura

A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

bruciore di stomaco

(pathology) A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the gullet.

bruco

(countable) An insect at an immature stage of its life cycle.

brufolo

(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

brughiera

A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.

brugo

Any of various varieties of heather or broom.

bruire

To flow with a bubbling sound.

brulicare

(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

brullo

Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.

bruma

(countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)

brumale

(historical) The second month of the French Republican Calendar, from October 22, 23 or 24 to November 20, 21 or 22.

bruna

(of a person) Having brown hair.

brunch

A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.

Brunei

A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.

brunire

To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.

bruno

Having a brown colour.

brusco

Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

brusio

A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.

brutale

Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner.

brutalità

The state of being brutal.

brutalmente

In a brutal manner; viciously, barbarically.

Bruto

a Roman cognomen.

brutta copia

A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.

bruttezza

The condition of being ugly.

brutto

(computing, slang) Incorrect, useless, or broken.

brutto presentimento

A sense of evil to come.

bubusettete

(games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".

buca

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

buca delle lettere

A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.

bucaniere

(nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.

bucare

(transitive) To puncture; to break through.

Bucarest

The capital city of Romania.

bucata

(of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.

bucato

A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.

bucatrice

(computing, historical) A machine that punches holes in a punch card

buccia

The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.

buco

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.

buco del culo

(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

buco della serratura

Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.

Budapest

The capital and the most populous city of Hungary.

Budda

Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.

Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.

buddhismo

The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha.

buddismo

The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha.

buddista

Of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism.

buddistico

Of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism.

budella

(in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.

budino

A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.

bue

An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.

bufala

(informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.

bufalo

An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.

bufera

(often, nautical) A sudden storm, as found in a squall line.

bufera di neve

Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.

buffa

Amusing; humorous; comical. [from mid-18th c.]

buffè svedese

A Swedish-style buffet comprising a variety of cold sandwiches and other dishes; (by extension) any buffet with a wide selection of dishes.

buffet svedese

A Swedish-style buffet comprising a variety of cold sandwiches and other dishes; (by extension) any buffet with a wide selection of dishes.

buffetto

A gentle touch or tap.

buffo

An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.

buffona

A person who acts in a silly fashion.

buffonata

(often, in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.

buffone

A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.

buffone di corte

A person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.

buffoneria

Amusing behavior.