Italian–English dictionary

connettersi

(intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.

connivenza

(law) The process of conniving or conspiring.

connotare

(transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.

connotati

Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).

connotativo

that implies or suggests something else

connotazione

(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

connubio

(figuratively) A close union. [from 15th c.]

conocchia

A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.

conoscente

(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. [from 14th c.]

conoscenza

(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship. [from 12th c.]

conoscere

(transitive) To become acquainted with (someone or something); to meet someone.

conoscitore

A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.

conosciuto

Identified as a specific type; famous, renowned.

conquibus

Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.

conquista

A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.

conquistare

To defeat in combat; to subjugate.

conquistatore

Someone who conquers.

consacrare

(transitive) To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.

consacrazione

The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.

consanguineo

(often, followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

consapevole

(figurative, by extension) Alert, aware.

consciamente

In a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally.

conscio

(figurative, by extension) Alert, aware.

consegna

The act of conveying something.

consegnare

(transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.

consegnarsi

(transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.

conseguente

Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.

conseguentemente

(manner) Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably

conseguenza

Any delayed effect; an effect which is not immediately manifested.

conseguenze

That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

conseguibile

Capable of being achieved, which either means possible or probable.

conseguimento

The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.

conseguire

(obsolete, transitive) To follow (in time), to be subsequent to. [15th–17th c.]

consenso

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

consensuale

With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.

consentire

(intransitive) To concur upon conviction; to accept tacitly; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.

consentito

(of a drug, not comparable) Only dispensed on the prescription of a physician.

conservante

Any agent, natural or artificial, that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.

conservare

(transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.

conservarsi

To remain edible or otherwise usable.

conservatore

Based on pessimistic assumptions, and on the low side.

conservatorio

(music) A music academy.

conservatorismo

A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.

conservazione

The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.

conservificio

A factory that produces canned goods.

considerabile

Large in amount.

considerando

Taking into account.

considerare

(obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify. [14th–17th c.]

considerazione

Careful attention.

considerevole

Greater in number, quantity, or extent.

considerevolmente

Significantly; to a degree worth considering.

consigliabile

(of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.

consigliare

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

consiglio

(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.

consiglio comunale

A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

consiglio dei ministri

(politics, often, capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.

consiglio di amministrazione

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

consistente

Corporeal; material; firm.

consistenza

(uncountable) Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.). [from 17th c.]

consistere

(transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). [from the earlier 15th c.]

consolante

Giving comfort, especially in the sense of soothing distress.

consolare

(transitive) To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.

consolatore

A person who comforts someone who is suffering.

consolatrice

A person who comforts someone who is suffering.

consolazione

The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled.

console

Abbreviation of video game console.

consolidamento

The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.

consolidare

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

consolidato

Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.

consolle

Abbreviation of video game console.

consonante

Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.

consonante avulsiva

(phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.

consonante vibrante

(phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.

consonanza

(chiefly, music) Harmony; agreement; absence of discordance.

consorte

A husband, wife, companion or partner.

consorteria

A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.

consorzio

A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.

Constantino

A en given name.

constatabile

(of a document) That can or must be certified.

constatare

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

consueto

In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage.

consuetudine

An action performed on a regular basis.

consulente

(UK) A person charged with inspecting something for the purpose of determining its condition, value, etc.

consulenza

A consultant or consulting firm.

consultare

(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.

consultarsi

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

consultazione

The act of consulting.

consultivo

Able to give advice.

consumare

(transitive) To destroy completely.

consumato

Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.

consumatore

(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

consumatrice

(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

consumista

Of or pertaining to consumerism; consumeristic.

consunto

Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition

consunzione

(pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.

contabile

A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).

contabilità

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

contachilometri

(British) The odometer of a motor vehicle.

contactless

That has no contact or contacts.

contadina

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.

contadino

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.

contado

(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.

contagiare

(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.

contagioso

(figurative) Easily passed on to others.

container

(transportation) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.

contaminare

(transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.

contaminazione

The act or process of contaminating.

contante

Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.

contare

(transitive) To rely on, trust, or expect.

contatore

An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.

contattare

(transitive) To establish communication with (something or someone).

contatto

(also, figuratively) An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.

conte

The male ruler of a county.

contea

(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.

contea di Galway

A city in County Galway, Ireland.

conteggiare

(transitive) To count something.

conteggio

The act of counting or tallying a quantity.

conteggio alla rovescia

(astronautics) A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.

contegno

Calmness of mind or temperament.

contemplare

To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.

contemplativo

Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.

contemporaneo

Belonging to the same period; contemporary.

contendere

(transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.

contendibile

That can be contested; debatable.

contenere

To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.

contenere errori

(telecommunications) To show or contain an error or fault.

contenere un errore

(telecommunications) To show or contain an error or fault.

contenersi

(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew [from 15th c.]

contenimento

(uncountable, countable) A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.

contenitore

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

contento

Satisfied, pleased, contented.

contenuto

(figurative) Peaceful, conciliatory.

contenzioso

(legal) The conduct of a lawsuit.

conterie

A beaded necklace.

contessa

A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

contestare

(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.

contestatore

(legal) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.

contestatrice

(legal) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.

contestazione

An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.

contesto

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

contiguità

A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.

contiguo

(American spelling) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.

continentale

Of or relating to a continent or continents.

continente

Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.

continenza

(urology) The voluntary control of urination and defecation.

contingente

Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.

contingenza

(uncountable) The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance. [from 1560s]

continua evoluzione

Frequently or constantly changing.

continuamente

Repeatedly.

continuare

(idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.