Italian–English dictionary

giochi d'azzardo

An activity characterized by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance, usually with money wagered on the outcome.

gioco a premi

(games, broadcasting) A radio or television program that involves members of the public or celebrities, whether as individuals or as part of a team, playing a game, especially one involving the answering of quiz questions, for cash or prizes.

gioco d'azzardo

An activity characterized by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance, usually with money wagered on the outcome.

gioco da ragazzi

(idiomatic) Something particularly easy or simple.

gioco degli astragali

A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked up, moved, thrown, and caught according to various rules.

gioco di parole

(idiomatic) A pun, or similar humorous use of language such as a double entendre.

giocolare

To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.

giocoleria

The art of moving objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner.

giocondo

Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.

Gioia

A en given name.

gioia maligna

Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.

gioielleria

Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.

gioielliere

A person whose job is making, repairing or selling jewelry.

gioiello

A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.

gioiosamente

In a joyful manner; joyously.

gioioso

Noticeably happy and optimistic.

gioire

(transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.

Giordana

A surname transferred from the given name derived from the male given name.

Giordani

A surname transferred from the given name derived from the male given name.

Giordania

A small town, the county seat of Garfield County, Montana.

Giordano

The name of other rivers around the world, listed under Jordan River (disambiguation).

Giorgia

A en given name.

Giorgiana

A en given name.

Giorgio

A en given name; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).

giornale

A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

giornale di bordo

(nautical) A book in which measurements from the ship's log are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage.

giornaletto

(British) A children's magazine.

giornaliero

That occurs every day, or at least every working day.

giornalino

(British) A children's magazine.

giornalismo

The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications, broadcast news media, or printed newspapers or periodicals, for the purpose of informing the audience, relying on a style of writing characteristic for this purpose, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events and (depending on type) either with or without analysis or interpretation.

giornalista

One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.

giornalmente

quotidianly, every day

giornata

The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.

giorno del giudizio universale

The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.

giorno del ringraziamento

(Canada, US) The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day; Thanksgiving weekend.

giorno feriale

Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:

giorno festivo

A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.

Giosia

(biblical character) A king of Judah.

giostra

A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.

giostraia

(informal, countable) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).

giostraio

(informal, countable) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).

giostrare

To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.

giovane

(not comparable, often, preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.

giovanile

Young or seeming young.

Giovanna

A en given name, the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century.

Giovanni

(biblical) One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).

giovanotto

(countable) A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.

Giove

An expression of surprise or amazement.

giovedì

The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.

giovenca

A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved.

giovenco

(archaic) A young bull.

gioventù

(uncountable) The quality or state of being young.

giovialità

The state of being jovial; jollity or conviviality.

giovialmente

In a hearty manner.

giovinezza

(uncountable) The quality or state of being young.

girachiavi

(archaic) A warder or jailer; a keeper of the keys in a prison.

giradischi

A device for playing phonograph records.

giradito

An infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.

giraffa

A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, making them the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones.

giramondo

(sometimes, pejorative) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.

girandola

An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.

girare

(ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.

girare a vuoto

(transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.

girare al minimo

(intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.

girasole

A bright yellow, like that of the flower petals.

giravite

A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.

giravolta

A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.

girello

A device in which a baby sits in a harness within a wheeled frame that supports it whilst walking.

girigogolo

A small mindless sketch, etc.

girino

A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.

giro

An instance of riding.

giro completo

(finance) Тhe movement of investments between different sectors of an economy, or styles of investing, based on anticipated changes in the economic or market cycle.

giro d'affari

The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period.

giro della morte

An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.

giro di pista

(sports) One circuit around a race track.

giro di vite

Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.

giro turistico

The activity of going out looking at things; tourism.

girocollo

(fashion) A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.

giroconto

A method of payment in which an amount of money (credit) is transferred directly from one account to another, in the same or different bank

Girolamo

A surname transferred from the given name.

gironzolare

(transitive, and, intransitive, informal) To wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.

giroscopio

An apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.

girovagare

(transitive, and, intransitive, informal) To wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.

girovago

One who travels, especially to distant lands.

Gisberto

A en given name.

gita

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

gitante

One who hikes, especially frequently.

giù

(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

giubba

(countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.

giubbetto

Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.

giubbino

Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.

giubbotto

A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.

giuda

A traitor; a person not to be trusted.

giudaizzare

(transitive) To impose Jewish beliefs or customs on someone; to convert to Judaism; to make Jewish.

giudea

A member or descendant of the Jewish people.

giudecca

(historical) The quarter of a town or city inhabited either partially or exclusively by Jews; historically, its main buildings were the synagogue, the ritual bath or mikve, the kosher-oriented butchery and bakery, etc. [from 17th c.]

giudeo

A member or descendant of the Jewish people.

giudicabile

(legal) Of or pertaining to justiciability; able to be evaluated and resolved by the courts; that can be adjudicated.

giudicante

(chiefly, of a person) Inclined to rashly pass judgment, critical.

giudicare

To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.

giudicativo

Of or relating to judgment.

giudicato

The office or status of a judge.

giudicatorio

Of or relating to judgment.

giudice

A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.

Giudici

(book of the bible) The seventh book of the Old Testament, and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.

giudiziale

Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.

giudiziario

(dated) Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law; suitable or adapted to legal argumentation.

giudizio

(countable, obsolete) A judgment or decision.

giudizio universale

The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.

giudizioso

Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.

giudò

A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujutsu.

giugno

The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice.

Giulia

A en given name.

Giuliana

A en given name.

Giulio

A en given name.

giullare

A person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.

giullaresco

Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.

giumenta

An adult female horse.

giunca

(nautical) A Chinese sailing vessel.

giunco

(uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae

giunco di palude

(AU) Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. [from 18th c.]

giungere

(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.

giunta

The ruling council of a military dictatorship.

giunta comunale

The governing body of such a district.

giuntare

(transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.

giuntatrice

A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film

giunto

The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.

giuntura

An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.

giunzione

An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.

giuramento

A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.

giurare

(archaic) To pledge.

giurata

(law) A member of a jury.

giurato

(law) A member of a jury.

giuria

(often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.

giuridico

Relating to the law or to lawyers.

giurisdizionale

Of or pertaining to jurisdiction.

giurisdizione

Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.

giurisprudenza

Law developed by judges through court decisions and opinions, as distinct from statute and other legislation.

giurista

(law) An expert of law or someone who researches jurisprudence.

Giuseppina

A en given name.

giusta

Just, equitable.

giustamente

In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably

giustezza

Suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable.

giustificabile

That can be justified.

giustificare

(transitive) To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.

giustificarsi

To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.

giustificato

Having a justification.

giustificazione

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

Giustino

A en given name.

giustizia

Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".