Italian–English dictionary

esente

Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.

esenzione

An act of exempting.

esercitare

To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.

esercitare influenza su

(intransitive, transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.

esercitarsi

(ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.

esercitazione

An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.

esercito

Armed forces.

esercizio

(uncountable) The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

esibire

(transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.

esibirsi

(transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.

esibitore

Someone who exhibits something.

esibizione

Originally (music) , a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.

esibizione fantastica

A performance or segment of a theatrical production that induces a positive audience reaction strong enough to pause the production.

esigente

Demanding; requiring great effort.

esigenza

An order.

esigere

To request forcefully.

esiguo

Scanty; meager.

esilarante

Entertaining.

esiliare

(transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.

esiliato

(countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country.

esilio

(uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country.

esilmente

In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.

esistente

(now, rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current. [from 18th c.]

esistenza

The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.

esistenziale

Of or relating to existence.

esistere

(intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality

esitante

Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.

esitare

(figurative) To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.

esitazione

An act of hesitating

esito

(obsolete) The result of an investigation or consideration, a conclusion.

esker

A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.

esodo

A sudden departure of a large number of people.

esofago

The throat or esophagus.

esorbitante

Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.

esorcismo

The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.

esorcista

A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.

esorcizzare

(transitive) To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.

esordiente

A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.

esordire

(intransitive) to make one's initial formal appearance

esortare

To spur on, strongly recommend.

esoscheletro

A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.

esostosi

A benign bony growth, often covered with cartilage, on the surface of a bone or tooth.

esoterico

Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.

ESP

(parapsychology) Abbreviation of extrasensory perception.

espandere

(transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.

espandersi

(transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.

espandibile

Having the capacity to be expanded.

espansibile

Able to be expanded.

espansione

An act, process, or instance of expanding.

espansivo

(mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.

espatriare

(intransitive) To withdraw from one’s native country.

espatriato

Living outside of one's own country.

espediente

A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.

espellere

(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.

esperido

Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.

esperienza

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

esperienziale

Of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience.

esperimento

A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.

esperire

(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.

esperta

(archaic, _, except in compounds and in, _, Scotland, dated) A builder or maker of something.

esperto

A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.

espettorare

(ambitransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs.

espettorato

Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing. [from 14th c.]

espiare

(ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. [from 1680s]

espiazione

(theology, often with capitalized initial) The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.

espirare

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

espirazione

Any other (metaphorically comparable) cessation, extinction, or ending.

espletamento

An achievement.

espletivo

Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).

esplicativo

Intended to serve as an explanation.

esplicazione

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

esplicitamente

In an explicit manner.

esplicitare

(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.

esplicito

(euphemism) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic through clear and direct expressions. [from 1971]

esplodere

(intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly

esplorare

(transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.

esplorazione

The act of one who scouts.

esplosione

An explosion.

esplosivo

An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

esponente

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

esponenziale

(mathematics, arithmetic) The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.

esponenzialmente

(mathematics, sciences) In an exponential manner.

esporre

(transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.

esporsi

(transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

esportatore

One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.

esportatrice

One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.

esportazione

(uncountable) The act of exporting.

Esposito

A surname from Italian.

espositore

Someone who organizes an exhibition.

espositorio

A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.

esposizione

A public showing; an exhibition.

espressione

A facial expression.

espressione idiomatica

A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.

espressivo

Effectively conveying thought or feeling.

espresso

A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.

esprimere

To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.

espropriare

(transitive) To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.

espulsione

The act of evicting.

espungere

(transitive) To erase or strike out.

essa

Used to form female equivalents.

esse

The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.

esse moscia

The act or a habit of lisping.

essenza

A volatile oil, used to make perfumes and flavorings, especially one having the characteristic odor of the plant from which it is obtained.

essenza di trementina

A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner.

essenziale

Necessary, essential for life or some process.

essenzialmente

In a fundamental or basic sense; reaching the very core of the matter.

esserci

(now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.

essere

(auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.

essere a caccia

(ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).

essere alla ricerca

(ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).

essere bleso

(intransitive) To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.

essere collegato

(intransitive) To be connected by means of an opening or channel [with with ‘another room, vessel etc.’]. [from 16th c.]

essere colmo

(intransitive, also, figurative) To be full until almost overflowing.

essere conforme

(intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.

essere contrari

To present or set up in opposition; to pose.

essere coordinato

(ambitransitive) To match (objects, especially clothes).

essere d'accordo

(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

essere di mano

(uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played

essere di ruolo

A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.

essere differente

(intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.

essere disteso

(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

essere diverso

(intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.

essere evasivo

(intransitive) To speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate.

essere fatto

(intransitive, informal) To be annihilated or destroyed; to be blotted out.

essere fatto per

(transitive, usually in passive) To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine. [from 16th c.]

essere impiccato

(intransitive, legal) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.

essere in bilico

(idiomatic) To be in a precarious situation, unsure of the future.

essere in debito

(intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.

essere in disaccordo

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

essere in forza

(transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by. [from 13th c.]

essere in lizza

(intransitive, copulative) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.

essere in pendenza

(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.

essere in testa

(countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.

essere inclinato

(intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.

essere incline

To distribute or arrange; to put in place.

essere indeciso

To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.

essere obbligato a

(intransitive) To be required; to be necessary.

essere orgoglioso

(reflexive) To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.

essere pieno

(transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.

essere pieno zeppo

(intransitive, also, figurative) To be full until almost overflowing.

essere posto

(intransitive) To be placed or situated.

essere probabile

(followed by a to-infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning. [from mid-14th c.]

essere riconoscente

(transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.

essere riflesso

(intransitive) To be mirrored.

essere rubato

(obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.

essere satollo

(transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.

essere schiavo

(literary, or, puristic, otherwise, archaic) Slave; one under the control of another.

essere sdraiato

(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

essere seduto

(intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.

essere solito

(intransitive, archaic, or, literary, _, except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)