Italian–English dictionary

accatastare

(transitive) To pile in a heap.

accattivante

Very beautiful or attractive.

accattivare

(figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.

accattivarsi

(transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.

accatto

The act of one who begs.

accattonaggio

The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.

accattoneria

The act of one who begs.

accavallare

To extend over and partly cover something.

accecare

(transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.

acceggia

Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.

accelerante

Causing acceleration or speeding up; accelerating.

accelerare

(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

accendere

(transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.

accendersi

(transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)

accendino

A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.

accennare

(ambitransitive) To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.

accenno

A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.

accensione

The act of igniting.

accentare

(transitive) To mark with a written accent.

accento

(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.

accentuare

(transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.

accentuato

Characterized by emphasis; forceful.

accerchiare

(transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.

accertamento

The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.

accertare

(transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.

accertarsi

To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.

acceso

Illuminated.

accessibile

Within easy reach; accessible

accessibilità

The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness.

accessione

(legal) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).

accesso

(also, figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.

accessorio

Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.

accestire

(intransitive) To produce new shoots from the root or from around the bottom of the original stalk; stool.

accetta

A small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.

accettabile

Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.

accettabilità

The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.

accettare

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

accettato

Unchallenged and accepted without question.

accettazione

(uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.

accettilazione

(civil law) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.

accezione

A meaning of a term (word or expression), among its various meanings.

acchiappare

(transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). [from 13thc.]

acchiapparello

(slang) A person's name.

acciacco

Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.

acciaio

(countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.

accidentale

Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. [from 16th c.]

accidentalmente

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

accidentato

Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.

accidente

An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.

accidente cerebrovascolare

(by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.

accidenti

(sometimes, vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.

accidia

Spiritual or mental sloth.

accigliamento

A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration.

accigliarsi

(intransitive) To have a frown on one's face.

accigliato

A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration.

acciottolare

(transitive) To pave with pebbles.

acciottolatore

A roadworker who lays cobbles.

acciottolatrice

A roadworker who lays cobbles.

accipicchia

(minced oath, euphemism) A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.

accisa

Any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.

accise

(in the plural) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.

acciuffare

(transitive, slang) To arrest (someone or a group of people) for a crime.

acciuga

Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in sixteen genera, those of the genus Engraulis being widely sold as food.

acclamare

(transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.

acclamazione

A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.

acclimatare

(transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.

acclimatazione

The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

accoccolarsi

(transitive, intransitive) To lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy.

accogliente

(of a place or object) Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social and comfortable.

accoglienza

(uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.

accogliere

(transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.

accoglievolezza

(chiefly, UK) Cosiness, comfort, contentment, conviviality. [from 21st c.]

accolita

(now, usually, pejorative) A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble. [from 15th c.]

accollare

To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.

accoltellamento

An incident in which a person is stabbed.

accoltellare

(transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.

accomodamento

The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.

accomodantismo

The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.

accomodare

(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.

accomodarsi

To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.

accompagnare

(transitive) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.

accompagnatore

A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.

accompagnatorio

Present together.

acconciatura

The style in which someone's hair has been cut and arranged.

acconciatura rasta

A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.

accondiscendente

willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance

accondiscendere

To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.

acconsentire

(intransitive) To assent; to consent.

accontentare

(ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.

acconto

(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.

accoppiare

(transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).

accoppiarsi

(intransitive) To engage in fornication.

accoppiata

Equivalence; a state of correspondence.

accorciamento

(countable, linguistics) A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.

accorciare

(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

accorciato

(participial adjective) Having been cut.

accordare

To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.

accordarsi

(intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

accordo

(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

accorgimento

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

accortamente

In a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense.

accorto

Tending to observe events before coming to a decision.

accosciarsi

To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.

accostare

(transitive, obsolete) To join side to side; to border.

accostarsi a

(ambitransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.

accostarsi furtivamente

(transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.

accovacciarsi

(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.

accovonare

(intransitive, agriculture) To make stooks.

accozzaglia

(now, usually, pejorative) A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble. [from 15th c.]

accreditamento

The giving of credentials.

accreditare

(transitive) To believe; to put credence in.

accreditato

Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.

accrescere

(transitive, often, figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.

accrescersi

(intransitive) To increase, to rise

accrescimento

(astrophysics) The formation of planets, stars, and other celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; also, the growth of a celestial body through this process.

accrocco

Something made up, an invention.

accudire

To look upon fondly; to prefer.

acculturato

(of a person) cultured, refined, educated

accumulare

(intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.

accumularsi

(intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.

accumulatore

(literal) One who, or that which, accumulates.

accumulatrice

(literal) One who, or that which, accumulates.

accumulazione

(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.

accumulo

An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose

accuratamente

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

accuratezza

The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness

accurato

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

accusare

(transitive, criminal law, police) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.

accusata

(legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.

accusato

Having been accused; being the target of accusations.

accusatore

One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

accusatrice

One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

acerbo

(archaic) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.

acero

A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.

acetilene

A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight.

aceto

(uncountable) A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.

acetone

(organic compound) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent.

acetosa

Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially

Achille

(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.

acido

(uncountable, slang) LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide.

acido ialuronico

(sugar acid) A mucopolysaccharide (a kind of polymer) that forms a gel-like substance within animal connective tissue.

acido lisergico

(uncountable, slang) LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide.

acido salicilico

(carboxylic acid) A white crystalline organic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C6>H4(OH)(COOH), used in the production of aspirin and other industrial chemicals.

acme

A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period. [c. 1610]

acne

A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.

acqua cheta

(idiomatic) Someone who possesses talents or favorable characteristics that are not known or expected by others.

acqua di Colonia

Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.

acqua di invaso

The water held back by a dam or other obstruction.

acqua di scolo

Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter. [from 20th c.]

acqua di sentina

(nautical) Water which collects in the bilges of a ship.