Italian–English dictionary

gru

(constellation) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a crane. It contains the star Alnair and lies south of the constellation Piscis Austrinus.

gruccia

A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.

grufolarsi

(intransitive) To take pleasure in mundane activities.

grugare

(ambitransitive) To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon.

grugnire

(intransitive, of a pig) To make a grunt or grunts.

grugno

The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.

gruma

A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar.

grumo

A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.

gruppetto

(by extension, cycle racing) A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton in a race.

gruppo

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.

gruzzolo

(informal) A large amount, especially of money.

grz

(internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of thank you.

guacamole

An avocado-based greenish dip with onions, tomato, and spices, common to Mexican cuisine and often served with tortilla chips.

guadagnare

(transitive) To acquire possession of.

guadagno

Wages, money earned, income.

Guadalcanal

A volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands.

guadare

To cross a stream by walking through it.

Guadiana

A major river in Spain and Portugal.

guado

A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.

guaiava

Its yellowish tropical fruit, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies.

guaina

A flexible cable used to transmit mechanical force by the movement of an inner cable (most commonly of steel) relative to a hollow outer housing.

guaio

A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.

guaire

(intransitive, slang) To give sensitive information about someone to a third party; to rat on someone.

guaito

A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.

gualcare

To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.

gualdrappa

The often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.

Gualtiero

A en given name.

Guam

An unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of Guam.

guancia

(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

guanciale

A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.

guano

Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.

guantaia

A person who makes or sells gloves.

guantaio

A person who makes or sells gloves.

Guanto

The capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium.

guanto a manopola

A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.

guanto di armatura

Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.

guarda caso

(idiomatic) By coincidence, incidentally.

guarda qui!

Pay attention.

guardabimbi

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

guardaboschi

(forestry) A person who practices forestry.

guardacaccia

A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.

guardacani

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

guardagatti

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

guardalinee

(soccer, British) : One of the two officials at an association football match, previously known as linesmen, who assist the referee.

guardamano

The handle of a tool or weapon.

guardapalma

(sailmaking) A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.

guardare

To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.

guardare con desiderio

(transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.

guardare dentro

(idiomatic) To investigate, explore, or consider.

guardare di traverso

(intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.

guardare in cagnesco

(intransitive) To look or stare with anger. [from late 15th c.]

guardare le stelle

To look at the stars at night.

guardaroba

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

guardarsi

(defective, ambitransitive) To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).

guardata

(also, figuratively) A brief or cursory look.

guardia

(British, Ireland, Australia, slang) A police officer.

guardia carceraria

One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.

guardia del corpo

A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting someone.

guardiacaccia

A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.

guardiamarina

(nautical) An officer of the lowest rank in several navies; especially, a trainee officer.

guardiana

A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.

guardiano

A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.

guardiano dello zoo

A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.

guardiano di greggi

One who herds.

guardingo

Tending to observe events before coming to a decision.

guardiola

A small rectangular shelter.

guardone

A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other.

guarigione

The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.

guarire

(transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.

guaritore

One who heals, especially through faith.

Guarnieri

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval given name, from Germanic war, warin "cautious; heedful; wary; watchful" + her, heri "army", modern German Werner.

Guarnierio

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval given name, from Germanic war, warin "cautious; heedful; wary; watchful" + her, heri "army", modern German Werner.

guarnigione

(military, chiefly, in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.

guarnire

(sewing) To decorate with a flounce.

guarnitura

(zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.

guarnizione

(mechanics) Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.

guastafeste

Like a spoilsport.

guastamestieri

A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler.

guastare

(intransitive, UK, Australia, Canada) To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way.

guastato

Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.

guasto

(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.

Guatemala

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala, a Central American country.

guatemalteca

A person from Guatemala or of Guatemalan descent.

guatemalteco

Of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or the Guatemalan people.

guava

Its yellowish tropical fruit, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies.

guazzabuglio

An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.

guelfa

(historical, politics) In the politics of medieval Italian city states, any member of a faction that supported the Pope in a long struggle against the Ghibellines and the Holy Roman Emperor.

guelfo

(historical, politics) In the politics of medieval Italian city states, any member of a faction that supported the Pope in a long struggle against the Ghibellines and the Holy Roman Emperor.

Guendalina

A en given name.

guerra celere

A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.

guerra lampo

A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.

guerriera

A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.

guerriero

A warrior; a fighting soldier.

guerriglia

(now, _, rare) A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.

guerrigliera

A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.

guerrigliero

A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.

gufare

(transitive) To bring bad luck to.

gufo

Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. [from 8th c.]

guglia

The highest point.

Guglielma

A en given name.

Guglielmina

A en given name.

Guglielmo

A en given name popular since the Norman Conquest.

gugolare

To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.

gugolata

An Internet search, such as one performed on the Google search engine.

guida

(figuratively) That which serves to guide or direct; a guiding star.

guidare

(intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).

guidato

Subject to guidance.

guidatore

One who drives something.

guidatrice

A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.

Guido

A en given name.

Guinea

(historical) The coastal region of West Africa between Morocco and the Congo, particularly the north shore of the Gulf of Guinea.

guinzaglio

A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.

guizzare

(intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.

Guizzo

The fourth reindeer of Santa Claus.

gujarati

The Indic language spoken in the state of Gujarat, India

gula

(mythology) A demon said to feed on corpses.

gulasch

A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika.

gunnel

A small eel-shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, especially Pholis gunnellus.

gunnello

A small eel-shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, especially Pholis gunnellus.

guscio

The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.

guscio di noce

The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.

gustare

(transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.

Gustavo

A en given name.

gusti

A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.

gusto

Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.

gusto piccante

(uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.

gustoso

(colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

gutturale

Sounding harsh and throaty.

habitat

A place in which a person lives.

hacker

(colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.

hackeraggio

(computing, slang) An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.

haddock

A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

haggis

A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.

Haiti

A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti.

haitiana

A person from Haiti or of Haitian descent.

haitiano

Of, from, or pertaining to Haiti, its inhabitants, or their language.

hajj

(Islam) The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.

halfling

(fantasy) A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit.

halibut

A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.

Halloween

The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces.

hamburger

The patty used in such a sandwich.

hamburger al formaggio

A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).

Hampshire

A maritime county in the south of England, United Kingdom bordered by Berkshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Dorset, Wiltshire, the English Channel and the Solent separating it from the Isle of Wight; the county town is Winchester.

hamza

A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء‎) or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ‎ (over an alif [ا‎]), إ‎ (under an alif), ؤ‎ (over a wāw [و‎]) or ئ‎ (over a dotless yāʾ [ى‎]). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule – the "seat of hamza rule".

handicappato

(sometimes considered, _, offensive) Having a handicap.

hangar

A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.

Hannover

The capital city of Lower Saxony, Germany.

Hanoi

The capital city of Vietnam.

Hansel

A fictional character in the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

haram

(Islam, fiqh) Forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful.