Italian–English dictionary

diffondere

(transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.

difforme

(also, figurative) Of sounds: harsh, jarring; specifically (music) , of musical notes or tunes: not in harmony; dissonant, inharmonious.

diffusamente

(figurative) Commonly; generally; to a great degree.

diffusione

A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.

diffuso

Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.

difronte

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

difterite

(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

diga

A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.

diga foranea

(on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.

digeribile

Capable of being digested.

digerire

(ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.

digestione

The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.

digestivo

A drink which settles the stomach, especially a bitter drink, often a nightcap.

Digione

The capital city of Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

digitale

Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.

digitalina

Any of a mixture of glycosides, extracted from the foxglove plant, that are used as cardiotonics.

digitare

(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

digitazione

The act of typing on a keyboard.

digiunare

(transitive, sciences) To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.

digiunatore

One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.

digiunatrice

One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.

dignità

The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.

dignitario

An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.

dignitoso

Marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards; becoming, seemly.

digradare

(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.

digressione

(generally, _, uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.

digressivo

Marked by digression; rambling

digrignare

(transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.

dilagante

Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.

dilaniare

(transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.

dilapidare

(transitive, figurative) To squander or waste.

dilatabile

That can be dilated

dilatare

(transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.

dilatarsi

(intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.

dilazionare

(transitive) To put off; to delay (something).

dilazionarsi

(intransitive) To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.

dilazione

An act or instance of deferring or putting off.

dileggiante

derisive or contemptuous

dileggiare

teasing or taunting

dileggio

A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery.

dilemma

A difficult choice or decision that must be made.

dilettarsi

(intransitive, figuratively) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.

dilettosamente

In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.

diligente

Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.

diligentemente

In a diligent manner, with appropriate effort, carefully.

diligenza

A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.

diluire

(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.

diluito

Thin or watery.

diluizione

The process of making something dilute.

dilungare

(intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.

dilungarsi

(intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.

diluviare

(intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.

diluvio

A heavy rain.

diluvio universale

(Abrahamic, _, religion) The flood taking place in the story of Noah found in the Bible (Genesis) and Qur'an.

dimagrire

(intransitive) To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.

dimenarsi

(slang, intransitive) To rotate the hips erotically.

dimensionale

(mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".

dimensione

The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is. [from 15th c.]

dimenticabile

Easily forgotten; not special or notable.

dimenticanza

The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.

dimenticare

(figuratively) To put an end to; to abandon.

dimenticato

Abandoned, deserted, left behind.

dimenticato da dio

(figurative, of a location) Desolate, boring and depressing.

dimettere

(transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.

dimettersi

(transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.

diminuire

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]

diminuito

Rendered less effective.

diminutivo

(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

diminuzione

An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax. [Late 15th century.]

dimissioni

(medicine) The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.

dimora

(dated, or, legal) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.]

dimorare

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]

dimostrare

(transitive) To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.

dimostrare affetto

(intransitive) To exhibit affection or attempt to please.

dimostrato

Having been proved; having proved its value or truth.

dimostrazione

(informal) A march or gathering to make a political protest.

dinamica

(physics) The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.

dinamicamente

Of a dynamic nature; variable or constantly changing nature.

dinamismo

A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.

dinamitardo

A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.

dinamite

A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.

dinamo

(electromagnetism) An electricity generator; a dynamo-electric machine.

dinanzi

(poetic, archaic) Before; sooner than.

dinaro

(currency) The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.

dinastia

A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.

dingo

A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).

dintorni

Background, context, framework, surroundings.

Dio

A being such as a monotheistic God: a single divine creator and ruler of the universe.

diocesano

Pertaining to a diocese.

diocesi

A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.

Dionisia

A en given name.

Dionisio

A en given name.

Dioniso

(Greek god) The god of wine, ivy and grapes, specifically its intoxication and social influence, but also the patron of agriculture and the theater. Also related to the mystery of religion, as in "spiritual intoxication".

diorama

A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e.g. in a museum where stuffed animals are presented against a painted landscape.

diospiro

The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).

diossido

(chemistry) Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule.

dipartenza

(euphemism) A death.

dipartimentale

Of or pertaining to a department.

dipartimento

A subdivision of an organization.

dipartita

The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

dipendente

A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

dipendenza

The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.

dipendere

(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of like independent does) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition

dipinto

(countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.

diploma

A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.

diplomarsi

(intransitive, ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

diplomata

(US, Canada) A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.

diplomatica

A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations

diplomatico

A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations

diplomato

(US, Canada) A person who is recognized by a high school as having completed the requirements of a course of study at the school.

dipolare

(physics) Having north and south magnetic poles.

diporto

(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.

dipsomane

One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic.

diramazione

The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.

dire

To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).

dire peste e corna

To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.

directory

(computing) A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.

direttamente

In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.

direttiva

A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour.

direttive

(in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.

diretto

(obsolete) Ready, prepared.

direttore

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

direttore d'orchestra

(musician) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.

direttorice

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

direttrice

(dated) A female director.

direzione

The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group. [from 13th c.]

direzione di marcia

A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).

dirigente

A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.

dirigenza

The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.

dirigenziale

Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties.

dirigere

(transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)

dirigibile

An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors.

dirigibile floscio

(aviation) An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.

diritti umani

(international law) The set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed, including the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law.

diritto

The right or ground of demanding.

diritto d'autore

(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.

diritto di nascita

Something a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.

diritto di retenzione

(legal) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.

diritto di visita

(legal) The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.

diritto di voto

The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage.

dirottare

To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).

dirugginire

(transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.

dirupo

A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

dis-

reversal, undoing

disabile

Having a disability.

disabili

(nonstandard) One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)

disabilitare

(transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.

disabilitato

Made incapable of use or action.

disabitato

Not inhabited; having no inhabitants.

disabituare

(transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.