Italian–English dictionary

adultera

(broadly) One who commits adultery.

adulterare

(transitive) To corrupt, to debase (someone or something).

adulterio

(narrowly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry

adultero

(broadly) One who commits adultery.

adulto

Fully grown.

adunanza

(military) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. [from 15th c.]

adunare

(ergative) To gather as a group.

adunarsi

(ergative) To gather as a group.

adunata

(military) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. [from 15th c.]

adunco

Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.

adusto

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

adynaton

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

aedo

A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

aeratore

(underwater diving) A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater.

aereo

Living or taking place in the air. [from 16th c.]

aereo di linea

A passenger-carrying aircraft, especially one of a fleet operated by an airline.

aero-

air or aircraft

aerobico

Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.

aerodinamica

The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere.

aerodinamico

Of, or relating to the science of aerodynamics.

aerodromo

An airfield:

aeroforo

A device to assist breathing.

aerogiro

Any aircraft that obtains its lift from rotors.

aerolinea

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

aeromobile

A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.

aeronauta

A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.

aeronautica

The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects

aeronautico

Having to do with aerial navigation

aeronave

(aviation) A self-propelled airship that can be steered.

aeroplano

(chiefly, US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

aeroporto

An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.

aerorimessa

A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.

aeroscafo

(vehicle, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.

aeroscivolante

(vehicle, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.

aeroslittante

(vehicle, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.

aerospaziale

Of, or relating to the science, technology and industry associated with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.

aerospazio

The atmosphere of the Earth and the region of space around it.

aerostatica

(physics) the study of gases in equilibrium and of balloons or aircraft in varying atmospheric conditions

aerostazione

A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

afar

A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.

afasia

(pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

afelio

(astronomy, also, figuratively) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun.

afemia

(pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

affabile

Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.

affabulare

To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

affaccendarsi

To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).

affacciarsi

To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

affagottare

(transitive) To tie or wrap together into a bundle.

affamare

(transitive) To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.

affamato

Very hungry.

affannarsi

(intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.

affanno

The state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from exertion.

affare

(often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.

affari

(uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.

affarista

A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

affascinante

having to power to allure

affascinare

(transitive) To entice; to attract.

affascinato

Under the influence of enchantment.

affastellare

(transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.

affaticamento

A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

affaticare

(transitive) To make sleepy or weary.

affaticarsi

(intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.

affaticato

Very tired; zonked (out).

affatto

To even the slightest extent, at all.

affermare

(reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

affermazione

That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.

afferrare

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

affettare

(transitive) To cut into slices.

affettato

Influenced or changed by something.

affetto

The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.

affettuoso

Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious

affezionarsi

(obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.

affezionarsi a

(ditransitive with to) To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.

affezione

Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.

affiancare

(transitive, music) To perform an accompanying part next to (another instrument or musician).

affiancato

Side by side and facing forward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470.)]

affibbiare

(often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.

affidabile

Able, or easily able to be depended on.

affidabilità

The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.

affidabilmente

In a reliable manner.

affidamento

The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.

affidare

(transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).

affidarsi

(intransitive) To leave tea temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase; to infuse, to steep; also, of a teapot: to cause tea to infuse.

affidatario

Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.

affievolire

(transitive) To make something less bright.

affievolirsi

(intransitive) To become darker.

affilarasoio

A broad, heavy leather strop, designed to whet a razor on

affilare

(transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.

affilato

Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful; curt.

affiliazione

The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.

affinare

(transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.

affinché

In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.

affine

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

affioramento

A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.

affisso

(linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem, such as a prefix or suffix.

affittare

(transitive, chiefly, British) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.

affitto

A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.

affliggere

(obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.

affliggersi

(transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.

afflitto

Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.

afflizione

(uncountable) unhappiness, woe

afflosciarsi

(intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble.

affluente

(metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.

affluenza

A large group of people; a crowd.

afflusso

The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; a confluence.

affogare

(transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.

affogarsi

(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.

affollarsi

(transitive, obsolete) To flock to; to crowd.

affollato

Containing a dense pack or mass of something; teeming.

affondare

(ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.

affondo

A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.

affossamento

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

affossare

(figuratively) To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.

affrancare

(transitive) To apply postage stamps to.

affrancato

A former or emancipated slave.

affrescare

(ambitransitive) To paint using fresco.

affrettare

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

affrettarsi

(intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.

affrettato

Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty.

affricata

(phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.

affrontare

(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.

affronto

An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

affumare

(transitive) To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.

affumicare

(transitive) To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.

affumicato

Of food, treated with smoke, often for flavor or as a method of preservation.

affusolare

(transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end.

affusolato

Slender; thin.

affusto

A metal or wooden frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation.

Afgania

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768]

Afganistan

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768]

afgano

Of, from or relating to Afghanistan.

afghana

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.]

afghani

The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.

Afghanistan

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768]

afghano

Of, from or relating to Afghanistan.

afide

A sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.

afono

Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated. [from 16th c.]

afoso

Unpleasantly cold or damp. (of weather)

Africa

The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.

africana

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

africano

Of or pertaining to Africa.

afrikander

A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.

afrodisiaco

Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.

Afrodite

(Greek god) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea.

Agamennone

(Greek mythology) One of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology. He is the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope and the brother of Menelaus. He is famous for rallying the Greeks in the Trojan War, yet infamous for the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia at the commencement of the war.

Agar

(biblical character) The Egyptian concubine of Abraham, mother of Ishmael.

Agata

A en given name.

agathodaimon

A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).

agave

Any plant in the large, variable genus Agave: succulent plants, commonly armed with formidable prickles; they flower at maturity after several years, and generally die thereafter; large species, such as the maguey or century plant, (Agave americana), produce gigantic inflorescences. Several are of economic importance as sources of fibre such as sisal, and alcoholic beverages such as tequila.

ageismo

The treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age.