Italian–English dictionary

deificare

(transitive) To make into a god.

deismo

(philosophy) A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural phenomena or specific religious doctrines.

deità

(uncountable) The state, position, or fact of being a god or God. [from 14th c.]

del

Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy

del tutto

Completely, wholly, or without exception.

delatore

(slang) An informer or snitch; a squealer.

delega

The authority to act for another, especially when written.

delegare

(transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.

deleterio

(formal) Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.

delezione

(genetics) A mutation in which a gene, or other section of DNA, is removed from a chromosome.

Delfi

A city of ancient Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle.

Delfinato

(historical) A former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble.

delfino

The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois.

Delhi

A megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi.

delibera

(minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.

deliberare

(intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.

deliberatamente

With intentionality, and deliberately, usually also with a connotation of due consideration and wise choosing.

deliberato

Done by design or intention; intentional.

delicata

(also, figuratively) Lean, slender, thin.

delicatamente

In a delicate manner; exquisitely.

delicatezza

The quality of being delicate.

delicato

Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.

delimitare

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

delineamento

The act of delineating; depiction.

delineare

(ambitransitive) To make a brief, basic drawing.

delineato

displayed with special treatment

delineazione

The act of delineating; depiction.

delinquente

A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

delinquere

(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.

deliquio

A temporary loss of consciousness.

delirante

Suffering from delusions; having false or faulty beliefs.

delirare

(intransitive) To speak or write wildly or incoherently.

delirio

Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.

delitto

(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.

delitto a sfondo sessuale

(legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.

delizia

Joy; pleasure.

deliziare

To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.

deliziato

Filled with wonder and delight.

deliziosa

(colloquial, lighthearted, often, childish) Delicious.

delizioso

(colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

della

An indefinite amount; a part. Used mostly with abstract and nonliving objects.

Delo

An island of the Cyclades, Greece.

delocalizzare

(transitive) To move industrial production from one region to another or from one country to another, in order to seek lower business costs, such as labor.

delucidare

(figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.

deludente

Causing disappointment.

deludere

(transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.

delusione

Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.

deluso

Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.

demagogico

Of or pertaining to demagogy or a demagogue.

demagogo

(pejorative) A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.

demarcare

(transitive, literal, figurative) To mark or fix the limits of.

demente

Insane; mentally ill.

demenziale

Ludicrously or incongruously comical.

demerito

A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.

Demetrio

A en given name.

demilitarizzare

(transitive) To remove troops from (an area).

demistificare

(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

demo-

people

democratica

A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).

democraticamente

In a democratic way; according to the principles of democracy.

democratico

A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).

democratizzare

(narrowly) To make democratic.

democratizzazione

The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.

demografico

Of or pertaining to demography.

demolire

To devour; to eat up

demolitore

One who breaks up situations or events.

demolitrice

One who breaks up situations or events.

demolizione

The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.

demone

An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil. [from 10th c.]

demoniaco

Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.

demonico

Pertaining to demons or evil spirits; demoniac.

demonietto

(chiefly, fiction, and, mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2). [from 16th c.]

Demonio

(now, chiefly, historical) A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity. [from 10th c.]

demoralizzare

To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.

demoralizzato

Not satisfied; unsatisfied.

demotivare

(transitive) To decrease the motivation of a person or a group.

denari

(card games) One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.

denaro

A piece of currency made of paper or polymer. [from 18th c.]

denigrare

To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.

denigratorio

Insulting, ridiculing.

denocciolare

(transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.

denominare

(transitive, now, informal) To name, to entitle, to call. [from the later 16th c.]

denominazionale

Of or pertaining to a denomination.

denso

Obscure or difficult to understand.

dentale

(phonetics, uncommon) Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.

dentario

(phonetics, uncommon) Articulated with the tip or blade of the tongue: coronal.

dente

A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.

Dente Azzurro

The nickname of Harald Gormsson, a king of Denmark and Norway.

dente canino

A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.

dente di leone

(countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).

dente molare

A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.

dentellato

Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.

dentice

Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.

dentifricio

Toothpaste or any other substance, such as powder, for cleaning the teeth.

dentista

A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.

dentizione

The type, number and arrangement of the normal teeth of an organism or of the actual teeth of an individual

dentro

Contained by; inside.

denudare

(transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.

denudarsi

(transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling.

denuncia

(obsolete, law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

denunciare

(transitive) To denounce as harmful.

denutrito

Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.

denutrizione

A lack of adequate nourishment.

Denver

The capital and largest city of Colorado.

deodorante

acting or including an agent to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.

deodorare

To mask or eliminate the odor of, or an odor in, (something).

deontologia

Synonym of ethics (“the study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct”). [from c. 1826]

deorbitazione

The act or process of leaving orbit.

depenalizzare

(transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.

depennare

(transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.

deperibile

Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.

deperimento

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

deperire

(figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.

depilare

To remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth.

depilarsi

To remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth.

depilatore

That removes hair

depilatorio

That removes hair

depilatrice

An electrically-powered device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.

deplorabile

Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.

deplorevole

Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.

deponente

(grammar, of a verb) Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).

deporre

(intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.

deportare

(transitive) To evict, especially from a country.

deportato

A person deported to a penal colony.

deportazione

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

depositare

(transitive) To put into a bank.

depositario

(figurative) A person to whom a secret is entrusted.

deposito

A store or supply of anything.

deposito armi

A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.

deposito auto

(UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.

deposito bagagli

(US) A room where outdoor clothing or luggage may be temporarily stored.

deposito cauzionale

A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit

deposito ferroviario

(US) A bus station or railway station.

depravare

(transitive) To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile

depravato

A lecherous person: someone given to excessive sexual activity or debauchery.

deprecabile

Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.

deprecare

(transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.

depredare

(transitive, by extension) To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force).

depressione

Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise.

depressivo

Causing depression; dispiriting.

depresso

(informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.

depressurizzare

(transitive) To reduce the air pressure within a chamber.

deprezzare

(transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.

deprezzarsi

(intransitive) To decline in value over time.

deprimente

Causing depression or sadness.

deprivato

(of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.

deputare

(transitive) To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.

deputata

(Ireland, often, capitalized) A member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann.

deputato

(Ireland, often, capitalized) A member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann.

dequalificare

(transitive) To make ineligible for something.