Italian–English dictionary

divano

(North America, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.

divaricare

(transitive) To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.

divaricazione

Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.

divario

(by extension) A large difference of opinion.

divenire

(transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]

diventare

(transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]

diventare mansueto

(intransitive) To become tame or domesticated.

diverbio

(countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).

divergente

(mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.

divergenza

(by extension) A large difference of opinion.

divergere

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

diversamente

(manner) In a different way.

diversi

Consisting of a number more than one (especially, more than two) but not very many. [from 17th c.]

diversificazione

The act, or the result, of diversifying.

diversione

(military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.

diversità

(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.

diversivo

Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.

diverso

Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").

divertente

Entertaining.

divertimento

(uncountable) Entertainment.

divertire

(obsolete) to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep

divertirsi

(transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)

divetta

A young actress with a promising career ahead of her.

dividere

(transitive, idiomatic) To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.

dividersi

(transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

divieto

A prohibition.

divieto di

Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.

divinatore

Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.

divinatorio

Pertaining to divination.

divinazione

(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.

divinità

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

divino

Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions.

divisione

A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.

divisore

One who or that which divides or separates.

divisorio

A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.

divo

A male diva; a man with the traits characteristic of a typical diva.

divorare

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

divoratore

Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

divorziata

A divorced person.

divorziato

A divorced person.

divorzio

The legal dissolution of a marriage.

divulgare

(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly. [from 15th c.]

divulgatore

One who informs someone else about something.

divulgazione

(legal) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.

Diwan

The council chamber where this court is held; (by extension), any court of justice.

dizionario

A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information. [ca. 1480]

dizionario dei sinonimi

A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

dizione

The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.

DNA

(biochemistry, genetics) Initialism of deoxyribonucleic acid (“a nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction”).

do

(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.

do ut des

Something which is understood as something else; an equivocation.

doccia

An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.

docciarsi

To bathe using a shower.

doccione

A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.

docente

A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.

docile

Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.

documentare

(transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents

documentario

(of a film, book, etc) Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.

documentato

(linguistics) Of words or languages, proven to have existed by records.

documentazione

(computing, mechanical engineering) Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.

documento

An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.

dodicesima

The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.

dodicesimo

The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.

dodici

The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.

dodo

A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.

dog sitter

One who acts as babysitter for a dog in the owner's absence.

doga

One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.

dogana

An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit

doge

(historical) The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

dogma

An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.

dogmatico

Asserting dogmas or beliefs in a superior or arrogant way; opinionated, dictatorial.

dogmatismo

The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.

dolce

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

dolce al formaggio

(countable, and, uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).

dolceamaro

Both bitter and sweet.

dolcemente

In a gentle manner; to a gentle degree.

dolcetto

(countable, especially, _, UK, India) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.

dolcezza

The state of being gentle.

dolci

Confectionery, candy.

dolciastro

(figurative, derogatory) Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.

dolcificante

A food additive that replicates the sweetness of sugar but is not sugar.

dolcificato

(wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

dolciumi

(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.

dolere

(intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.

dolina

(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.

dollaro

(US, Australia, NZ, Canada, informal) A dollar (one hundred cents).

dolorante

Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

dolore

Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.

dolorosamente

In a painful manner; as if in pain.

doloroso

Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.

doloso

Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.

domanda

The desire to purchase goods and services.

domandare

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

domandarsi

(transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.

domani

On the day after the present day.

domare

(transitive, of a horse) To tame; make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner.

domato

Not exciting.

domatore

One who tames or subdues.

domatrice

One who tames or subdues.

domenica

The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.

domenicana

A member of the religious order founded by St. Dominic.

domenicano

A member of the religious order founded by St. Dominic.

Domenico

A en given name, best known for the Spanish saint who founded the Dominican order.

domestica

A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.

domesticazione

The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.

domestico

A servant or valet.

domicilio

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

dominabile

Able to be controlled; subject to regulation or command.

dominante

(figurative) Controlling, dominant, surpassing.

dominare

(transitive) To beat in a contest.

dominato

(historical) The late period of the Roman Empire, following the principate, during which the emperor's rule became more explicitly autocratic and remaining vestiges of the Roman Republic were removed from the formal workings of government; the reign of any particular emperor during this period.

dominatrice

A dominatrix.

dominicana

Of, from, or pertaining to the Dominican Republic, or its people.

dominicane

A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.

dominicani

A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.

dominicano

Of, from, or pertaining to the Dominican Republic, or its people.

dominicense

Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.

dominicensi

A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.

dominio

A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.

don

A mafia boss.

donante

One who makes a donation.

donare

To give; to offer; to commit.

donatore

A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.

donazione

A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.

donde

(archaic, formal, or, literary) From where; from which place or source.

dondolare

(intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.

dondolio

The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.

dongione

(historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.

dongiovanni

A man who obsessively seduces women.

donna

A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.

donna d'affari

A woman involved in business.

donna di casa

(plural "housewives") The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.

donna di servizio

(UK) A cleaner who comes in daily.

donna fatale

An attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman.

donnaccia

(slang, derogatory, by extension) Any woman with loose sexual morals.

donnaiolo

(idiomatic) A man with amorous intentions who habitually seeks out female companionship.

donnesco

Of, relating to, or characteristic of women.

dono

(countable) Something given liberally; a gift.

dopamina

(neurotransmitter, pharmaceutical drug) A monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.

dopammina

(neurotransmitter, pharmaceutical drug) A monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.

dopare

(transitive, slang) To affect with drugs.

doping

(sports) The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.

dopo

Behind; later in time; following.

dopo di che

After which, in consequence.

dopo tutto

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.

dopobarba

a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving

dopodiché

(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that;

dopopranzo

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

dopotutto

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.

doppelgänger

A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.