Italian–English dictionary

erbale

Resembling grass.

erbe

Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.

erbe aromatiche

A small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs tied in a bundle, often presented as a gift; nosegays were originally intended to be put to the nose for the pleasant sensation or to mask unpleasant odours. [from 15th c.]

erbivoro

An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.

erborista

A person who treats diseases by means of medicinal herbs.

erbosa

(uncountable) A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.

erboso

Covered with grass.

erculeo

Of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.; suggesting Hercules in size or strength.

erede

Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.

erede al trono

The heir to a throne.

eredità

A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.

ereditare

(transitive, biology) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.

ereditarietà

(figurative) Hereditary character, quality, tendency, or disposition.

ereditiera

Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.

eremita

One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.

eremitaggio

A period of seclusion.

eremo

A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.

eresiarca

(religion) The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy. [from mid 16th c.]

eretica

Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.

eretico

Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.

erettile

(biology, medicine, of tissue) Capable of filling with blood and becoming rigid.

eretto

Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.

erezione

(coarse, slang) An erect penis. [from mid-20th c.]

ergersi

To move from a sitting or lying position to a standing position; to stand up.

ergo

therefore (especially in syllogisms)

Eriberto

A en given name.

erica

Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.

Erico

A en given name.

erigere

(transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

eritema

Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.

eritema solare

Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation

ermafrodita

(rare) Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.

ermafrodito

(WWI, _, military, historical) An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.

Ermanno

A en given name.

Erme

(Greek god) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.

ermellino

A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.

Ermes

(Greek god) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.

Ermete

(Greek god) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.

ermetico

Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure. [from mid 16th c.]

Ermione

(Greek mythology) Daughter of Helen and Menelaus, wife of Orestes.

Ernesto

A en given name; popular in the 19th century.

ernia

(diseases) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.

Erode

The name of any of a number of members of the Herodian dynasty who ruled in the Roman province of Judea, most notably Herod the Great, who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents, or Herod Antipas, his son, who met Jesus during his Passion.

erodere

To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction.

eroe

(informal, intransitive) To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist).

erogare

To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.

erogatore

An object used to dispense other items.

erogeno

Sensitive to sexual arousal.

eroicamente

In a heroic manner, like a hero.

eroico

Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.

eroina

(informal, intransitive) To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist).

eroismo

The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.

erosione

(geology) Mechanical or chemical breaking down of rocks in situ by weather or other causes.

erotico

Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.

erotismo

(uncountable) Erotic literature, art, decoration, or other such work.

erpetologia

The branch of biology dealing with reptiles (Reptilia) and amphibians (Amphibia).

erpicare

(transitive) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.

erpicatura

The process of breaking up earth with a harrow.

erpice

A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.

errabondo

One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.

errante

Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.

errare

To have an incorrect belief, to be mistaken about one's judgment or statement concerning something. (This entry is a translation hub.)

errato

Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.

erre

The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

erre moscia

A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.

erroneamente

In an erroneous manner.

erroneità

The characteristic of being incorrect.

erroneo

(chiefly, predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.

errore

(slang, with possessive determiner) Error; mistake.

errore di battitura

A typographical error. [from late 19th c.]

errore di stampa

An accidental mistake in print.

erto

Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.

erudito

Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.

eruttare

(formal, intransitive) To belch, to burp.

eruzione

(figurative) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.

eruzione cutanea

(dermatology, symptom) An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus. Also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare, or, obsolete) , an illness characterized by a type of rash.

es

(psychoanalysis) The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model.

esacerbamento

An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease)

esacerbare

(transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).

esacerbazione

An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease)

esagerare

To overstate, to describe more than the fact.

esagerato

Not proportionate.

esagerazione

(informal, of undesirable behaviour) More than is reasonable; a bit too much.

esagerazione fantasiosa

An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.

esagitare

(reflexive, or, intransitive) To take pains (to do something); to bother.

esagitato

In a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush.

esagitazione

The state or condition of being restless; an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable.

esalare

(intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.

esalazione

Other similar release of volatile matter.

esaltante

Refreshingly thrilling.

esaltare

(transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.

esaltato

Made irrationally enthusiastic.

esaltazione

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

esame

The act of examining something, often closely.

esame minuzioso

Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.

esaminare

(finance, business) To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes

esaminare minuziosamente

(transitive) To examine (something) carefully.

esaminatore

A person who investigates someone or something.

esanime

Lacking blood; ashen, anaemic.

esasperare

(transitive) To fill with rage; to outrage; to provoke to frenzy; to make furious.

esattamente

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

esattezza

The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness

esatto

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

esattore

A person who is employed to collect payments.

esattrice

A person who is employed to collect payments.

esauriente

Including every possible element: fully comprehensive.

esaurimento

A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest.

esaurimento nervoso

A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest.

esaurire

(intransitive, of a, _, spell of settled, _, weather) To end.

esaurirsi

(intransitive, of a, _, spell of settled, _, weather) To end.

esaustivo

Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

esausto

Very tired; zonked (out).

esautorare

To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc. [from 16th c.]

esborso

(uncountable, countable) The amount expended; expense; outlay.

esca

A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.

escamotage

A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.

escavatore

A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.

escavatrice

A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.

eschimese

In, of, or relating to the Eskimo languages.

esclamare

(intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.

escludere

(transitive) To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.

esclusione

The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part. [from 17th c.]

esclusivamente

To the exclusion of others; solely;

esclusività

The quality of being exclusive.

esclusivo

(literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.

esclusorio

(literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.

escogitare

(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.

escoriare

(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

escoriazione

Injury or wear caused by friction.

escrementi

(usually, in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung. [late 16th C.]

escremento

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.

escrescenza

The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.

esculento

Suitable for eating; eatable, edible.

escursione

A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.

escursionismo

Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.

escursionista

A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.

ese

Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.

esecutore

A person who carries out some task.

esecutore testamentario

(legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.

esecutorio

Capable of being enforced.

esecutrice

A person who carries out some task.

esecuzione

The act of enforcing; compulsion.

esecuzione di una fork

(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.

esegesi

A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.

eseguibile

Able to be done in practice.

eseguibilità

The state of being feasible or possible.

esempio

Something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.

esemplare

Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.

esemplificare

(transitive) To show or illustrate by example.

esemplificazione

Something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.