Italian–English dictionary

disaccentato

(of a word's sound or of a language) Without any stress (accent).

disaccordo

(idiomatic) In disagreement; conflicting.

disadattato

(dated, also, attributively) A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally) , a cheeky, street-smart boy.

disagio

Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.

disambiguare

To remove ambiguities from; to make less ambiguous; to clarify or specify which of multiple possibilities applies – e.g., possible meanings of an ambiguous statement – or to invite or require this.

disapprovare

(intransitive) To condemn; to consider wrong or inappropriate; used with of.

disapprovazione

The act of disapproving; condemnation.

disappunto

(countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.

disarmante

Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.

disarmato

(by extension) Without using a tool or weapon.

disarmo

The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.

disassemblamento

The process of disassembling.

disassemblare

To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.

disastro

An event in which something is damaged through collision.

disastroso

(figurative) Extremely bad; terrible.

disattivare

(transitive) To overcome a security system or component.

disavanzo

A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.

disavveduto

Unaware; without noticing; careless; inattentive.

discapito

A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.

discarica

A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.

discarico

The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.

discendente

An animal or plant's progeny or young.

discendenti

An animal or plant's progeny or young.

discendenza

A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.

discendere

(intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.

discepolato

(uncountable) The condition of being a disciple.

discernere

To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.

discernibile

Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect.

discernimento

The ability to make wise choices or decisions.

discesa

An instance of descending; act of coming down.

discesa libera

(uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.

dischetto

(computing, dated) A floppy disk.

dischiuso

Not settled; not decided or determined; not withdrawn from consideration.

disciplina

The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.

disciplina umanistica

(uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.

disciplinato

Planned.

disco

A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.

disco combinatore

A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.

disco flessibile

(computing, dated) A floppy disk.

disco floscio

(computing, dated) A floppy disk.

discoide

Shaped like a disc/disk.

discolo

(British, dated) A child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets; sometimes a petty thief or pickpocket.

discolpare

(transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.

disconoscere

(transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.

discontinua

Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

discontinuo

Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

disconvenire

(intransitive) To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.

discoprire

(transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.

discordante

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

discordare

(intransitive) To fail to conform or correspond with.

discordia

Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.

discorsetto

A gimmick.

discorso

An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this. [from 17th c.]

discorso funebre

A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.

discoteca

(countable, slightly, dated) Clipping of discotheque (“nightclub for dancing”).

discrepanza

Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.

discrepanze

The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.

discrepare

(intransitive) To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.

discreta

Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.

discreto

Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.

discrezionale

Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.

discrezionalità

The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.

discrezione

The quality of being discreet.

discriminatorio

Of or pertaining to discrimination (in all senses).

discriminazione positiva

(uncountable) A set of policies or programs providing advantages for people of a group who are seen to have traditionally been the target of discrimination.

discussione

(uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.

discusso

(current in, _, UK, rare, _, in the, _) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.

discutere

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

discutibile

Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed.

disdegnare

(transitive, archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.

disdegno

(uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.

disdegnoso

Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.

disdetta

The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

disdicevole

Deserving contempt.

disdire

(transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.

disdirsi

(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.

disdoro

An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon…. [from late 16th c.]

disegnare

(transitive) To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action. [from 12th c.]

disegnatore

A person skilled at drawing engineering or architectural plans.

disegno

A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.

disegno di legge

A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

diseguale

Not the same.

disequazione

(mathematics) A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or \leq or > or \geq or \ne, as appropriate.

diserbare

(transitive) To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area (especially grass).

diseredare

(transitive) To exclude from inheritance; to disown.

disertare

(military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.

disertore

(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving

disertrice

(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving

diserzione

An act or incidence of defecting.

disfare

To deprive (an established church, military squadron, operations base, etc.) of its official status.

disfatta

The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

disfattismo

Acceptance of defeat without struggle.

disfattista

Of or relating to defeatism.

disfemismo

(countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.

disforia

A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression, or anxiety.

disfunzionale

Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.

disfunzione

(mostly, medical) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.

disgelo

The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost

disgrazia

(countable) A cause of misery or ruin.

disgraziato

Not favored by fortune.

disgregante

Causing disruption or unrest.

disgregatore

One who breaks up situations or events.

disgregatrice

One who breaks up situations or events.

disgustare

To cause an intense dislike for something.

disgusto

An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.

disgustoso

Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing. [Mid 18th century.]

disidratato

From which the water has been removed.

disilludere

(transitive) To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.

disilluso

Unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity.

disimballare

(transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.

disimbrogliare

(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.

disincantare

(transitive) To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.

disincantato

Unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity.

disincarnato

Having no material body, immaterial; incorporeal or insubstantial.

disinfestare

(US) To remove insects from (somewhere), especially lice.

disinfettante

A substance that kills germs or viruses.

disinfettare

(transitive) To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.

disinformare

(transitive) To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information to.

disinformazione

False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.

disinibito

Not inhibited; having no inhibitions.

disinstallare

(computing) To completely remove hardware or software from a computer system.

disintegrare

(intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.

disintegrarsi

(intransitive) To fall apart; to break up into parts.

disintegrazione

A process by which anything disintegrates.

disinteressatamente

In a selfless manner; done in a way that disregards concerns for the self and places other first.

disinteressato

Having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish.

disinvestire

(transitive, finance) To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary.

disinvolto

(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.

dislessia

(neurology, pathology) A learning disability characterized by reading and writing difficulties.

dislessico

A person who has dyslexia.

dislivello

The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.

dislocamento

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

dislocazione

(with a possessive) A location; where something is situated.

dismesso

(Of a product) Permanently no longer available for sale

dismettere

(transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.

Disneyland

(informal) Any of the theme parks and vacation resorts operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.

disobbediente

Given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray.

disobbedienza

Refusal to obey.

disobbedire

(transitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey an order of (somebody).

disoccupato

Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.

disoccupazione

The phenomenon or level of unemployment in an economy.

disonestà

(uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.

disonesto

Not honest; shoddy.

disonorante

Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.

disonorare

(transitive) To put someone or something out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.

disonore

Shame or disgrace.

disonorevole

Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.

disordinato

Not in order; marked by disorder or disarray.

disordine

(uncountable) A confused disordered jumble of things.

disorganizzato

lacking order