Italian–English dictionary

acqua dolce

Water with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water.

acqua freatica

Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.

acqua piovana

Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.

acquaio

A basin used for washing, (now) particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face.

acquaneve

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Northeast US) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.

acquaragia

A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner.

acquasantiera

(Christianity) A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.

acquatico

Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.

acquattarsi

To remain concealed in order to ambush.

acquavite

(uncountable) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.

acquazzone

A sudden heavy rainstorm.

acque di scarico

Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a result, now contains waste products.

acque nere

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

acque reflue

Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a result, now contains waste products.

acquedotto

The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.

acqueo

Wet, soggy or soaked with water.

acquiescenza

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

acquirente

A person who makes one or more purchases.

acquisire

(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

acquisizione

That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.

acquistare

(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

acquisti

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

acquisto

(countable) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.

acquitrino

A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.

acquoso

(physical chemistry) Consisting mostly of water. Often used in the expression "aqueous solution".

Acre

A port city in northern Israel, holiest city in the Baháʼí Faith.

Acri

A port city in northern Israel, holiest city in the Baháʼí Faith.

acribia

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

acrimonia

Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.

acro

Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

acrobata

An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

acrobatico

Of or pertaining to an acrobat.

acrobazia

The art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats.

acrocoro

A high area of land, lands higher than surrounding areas.

acronimo

(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]

Acropoli

The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)

actina

(protein, uncountable) A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).

acufene

(otolaryngology, pathology) The experience of auditory sensations, such as a ringing or pulsating sound, occurring in the absence of any external stimulus.

aculeo

A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators. [from early 17th c.]

acume

Power of acute observation and deduction

acupuntura

The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief.

acustica

(usually, in the plural) The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it.

acutamente

In an acute manner

acutezza

Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

acutezza visiva

(uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.

acuto

Of a sound, having a high pitch.

AD

(countable, business) Initialism of chief executive officer.

ad alta voce

With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.

ad eccezione di

Other than; except for; instead of.

ad es.

An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.

ad hoc

For a particular purpose.

ad ogni modo

Regardless of what happens (out of two possible situations).

adagiare

To press against.

adagiarsi

To press against.

adagio

(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.

adamantino

An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.

adattabile

Capable of adapting or of being adapted.

adattabilità

The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.

adattamento

The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration

adattare

(transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.

adattarsi

(transitive, often, passive, or, reflexive, with to) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure.

adattato

Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.

adattatore

Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.

adattivo

Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.

adatto

Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.

addebitare

(transitive, idiomatic) To attribute or account for something; to ascribe.

addebito

In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.

addentellare

(transitive) To cut a rabbet in a piece of material.

addentellato

A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of a plank of wood or other material; especially, one intended to fit another member to form a joint.

addestramento

(uncountable) The schooling of a horse.

addestrare

(intransitive, sports) To train.

addestrarsi

(ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.

addestratore

A controller, trainer, someone who handles a specified thing, animal or person (especially a prizefighter).

addetta alle pulizie

A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.

addetto

A diplomatic officer, usually one who plays a specific role.

addetto ai lavori

A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.

addetto al ricevimento

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.

addetto all'accettazione

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.

addetto alla reception

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.

addetto alle pulizie

A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.

addiaccio

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

addio

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

addirittura

In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.

additivo

A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.

addizionale

Supplemental or added to something.

addizionare

(intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.

addizione

(uncountable) The act of adding anything.

addolcire

(transitive) To make something soft or softer.

addolorare

To cause strain or anxiety to someone.

addolorato

In pain, especially in an emotional sense.

addomesticare

To turn an animal into a beast of burden.

addomesticato

Not exciting.

addominale

Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral. [Mid 18th century.]

addormentare

(transitive) To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally).

addormentarsi

To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.

addormentativo

(pharmaceutical effect) Tending to induce sleep.

addormentatore

(pharmaceutical effect) Tending to induce sleep.

addottorare

(transitive) To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.

addottrinamento

The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated.

addottrinare

To teach (a person) with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology; to brainwash.

addottrinatura

The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated.

addurre

(transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.

adeguare

(transitive) To modify.

adeguatamente

In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably

adeguato

Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

Adele

A en given name.

adempiere

(transitive) To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).

adempimento

The act of fulfilling or the state or quality of being fulfilled; consummation; completion; realization.

Aden

A port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen.

aderente

A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.

aderenza

The property of sticking or adhering; adhesion.

aderire

(intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.

aderire a

(intransitive) To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord. [from 16th c.]

adescare

(transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.

adesione

(uncountable, by extension, about human emotional state) The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next.

adesivo

a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion

adesso

At this moment; right now.

adiacente

Being in contact at some point or line; joining to

adiacenza

The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.

adinato

(rhetoric) A form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility; an instance of such hyperbole.

adipe

(uncountable, informal, chiefly, derogatory, and, offensive) A person's fat tissue, usually when regarded as excessive and unsightly.

ADN

(biochemistry, genetics) Initialism of deoxyribonucleic acid (“a nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction”).

adocchiare

(transitive) To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something).

adolescente

Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.

adolescenza

The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

Adolfo

A en given name.

adombramento

(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.

adombrarsi

(intransitive) To jump back in fear.

adombrazione

(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.

adontoso

Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.

adoperarsi

(intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]

adorabile

Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

adorare

(transitive) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.

adorato

Regarded with love or tenderness.

adorazione

worship, glorification, adoration.

adornare

To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.

adottare

To adopt (an idea) as one's own.

adottivo

Related through adoption.

adozione

(computing) The transfer from an old system to another (usually better) system. (Can we add an example for this sense? )

adrenale

Pertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.

adrenalina

(hormone) Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.

Adria

A town and comune of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy, situated on the site of an Etruscan city of the same name.

Adriano

(historical) The Roman emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus.

adriatico

Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea.

adrone

(particle) A composite particle that comprises two or more quarks held together by the strong force and (consequently) can interact with other particles via said force; a meson or a baryon.

adulare

(transitive) To flatter effusively.

adulatore

One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates.

adulatrice

One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates.

adulazione

Flattery; fulsome praise.

adulta

Fully grown.