Italian–English dictionary

allattamento

(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.

allattare

(transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.

allattare al seno

(transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.

alle

Indicating time of occurrence, especially an instant of time, or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker’s perspective.

alle prime armi

Untried or inexperienced.

alleanza

(uncountable) The state of being allied.

alleare

To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.

allearsi

To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.

alleata

A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.

alleato

Joined as allies.

allegato

(countable) Something that is enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.

alleggerire

(transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.

allegiare

(nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter

allegra

(dated) Happy, joyful, and lively.

allegramente

In a joyful, carefree manner.

allegretto

(informal, slang) Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.

allegria

Gaiety; merriment. [from 1610s]

allegro

In good spirits; happy, optimistic.

alleluia

A liturgical form of hallelujah.

allenamento

The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.

allenare

(intransitive, sports) To train.

allenarsi

(intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.

allenarsi al combattimento

To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

allenatore

(originally, Oxford University, _, slang) A trainer or instructor.

allenatrice

(originally, Oxford University, _, slang) A trainer or instructor.

allentare

(transitive) To make loose.

allentato

Loose; not tight or taut.

allerta

Attentive; awake; on guard.

allestimento

The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.

allestire

(transitive) To furnish or equip with.

allettamento

(agriculture) The condition of a plant, especially a cereal, that has been flattened in the field or damaged so that it cannot stand upright, as by weather conditions or because the stem is not strong enough to support the plant.

allettante

having to power to allure

allettare

(transitive) To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.

allettato

Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.

allevare

To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.

alleviare

To put an end to (a nuisance).

allibare

(nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter

allibratore

(gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.

allicciare

To thread each strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle.

allietare

(transitive) To cause (something) to become more glad.

allieva

(dated, _, except in, _, UK) A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.

allievo

(dated, _, except in, _, UK) A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.

allievo ufficiale

A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.

alligatore

Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.

allile

(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical, CH2=CH-CH2-, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.

allineamento

The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.

allineare

(transitive) To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.

allineato

Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.

alliterazione

The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.

allitterazione

The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.

allo

In each; to or for each; per.

allo [[stato dell'arte]]

At the highest level of development at a particular time; cutting-edge.

allo stesso tempo

Occurring at the same time.

allocare

(computing) To reserve a portion of memory for use by a computer program.

allocca

(colloquial, pejorative) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.

allocco

(colloquial, pejorative) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.

allodola

Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.

alloggiamento

A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.

alloggiare

(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.

alloggio

(countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.

allontanare

(transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.

allontanarsi

To cause one to feel unable to relate.

allora

Back then, at the time referred to the specific time period, era, or time frame in the past.

alloro

A herb derived from any of certain shrubs of the family Lauraceae and Myrtaceae, especially the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis).

allotropo

(chemistry) Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element, with different physical properties and often different chemical properties. [from 1847]

alluce

(anatomy) The largest toe (usually) on each human foot (i.e. the toe closest to the other foot when the feet are flat on the ground, side by side, and the legs not crossed) or on a foot of certain other animals.

alluce valgo

(pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.

allucinare

(ambitransitive) To seem to perceive things (with one or more of one's senses) which are not really present; to have visions; to experience a hallucination.

allucinazione

(countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.

allucinogeno

producing hallucinations

alludere

(intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.

alluminio

A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.

allunamento

(nautical) Sail material that forms a concave curve rather than straight leech (aft edge) of a sail to increase the sail area over that of a simple triangular sail.

allungamento

A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.

allungare

(transitive) To make longer, to extend the length of.

allungare (il collo)

(ambitransitive) To extend (one's neck).

allungato

Thin or watery.

allungo

A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.

allusione

An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned.

alluvione

An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.

almanaccatore

One who daydreams.

almanaccatrice

One who daydreams.

almanacco

(astronomy, navigation) A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.

almanaccona

One who daydreams.

almanaccone

One who daydreams.

almea

An Egyptian female singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; sometimes a prostitute. [from 18th c.]

Aloisio

A en given name, notably of a 16th-century Italian saint.

alone

The light given off by a glowing object.

alosa

Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.

alpaca

A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.

alpestre

Relating to the Alps, a mountain range in Western and Central Europe.

Alpi

A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.

alpinista

A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure. [from 19th c.]

alpino

Relating to the Alps, a mountain range in Western and Central Europe.

alquanto

To a limited extent or degree; not completely.

Alsazia

A cultural region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.

alsaziana

A native or inhabitant of Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

alsaziano

Of, from or relating to Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

altalena

A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.

altalenare

(intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

altana

(chiefly, Indian English) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.

altare

A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

alter ego

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

alterare

(transitive) To influence or alter.

alterato

Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.

alterezza

The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.

alternanza

The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence

alternato

Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).

alterno

Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).

altero

Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

altezza

The style of a prince, princess or someone of equivalent rank.

altezzosità

The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.

altezzoso

Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

alticcio

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, informal) slightly drunk or intoxicated; tipsy

altimetro

An apparatus for measuring altitude.

altitudine

The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.

alto

High, tall, having great height or stature.

altoparlante

An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.

altopiano

A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.

altresì

(conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. [from 14th c.]

altrettanto

(manner) In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly

altrimenti

Otherwise; else.

altro

(usually follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not.

altro mondo

(religion, or, mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.

altruismo

In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.

altruista

Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

altruisticamente

In an altruistic manner; in a manner having regard of others

altruistico

Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

alunna

A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.

alunno

A boy attending school.

alveare

Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.

alveo

(hydrology) The path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; the bottom earthen part of a river, not including the riverbanks.

alveolo

A hole or hollow depression in a solid object.

Alvin

A en given name.

alzare

(transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.

alzarsi

(intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.

alzata

(card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.

alzato

(architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.

alzavola

(countable) Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.

amabile

Mild; benign.

amaca

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

amalgama

Anything made by combining several things.

amalgamare

(transitive, cooking) To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.

amalgamazione

(specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal, especially used in antiquity to extract gold and silver from ores.

Amanda

A en given name.

amante

Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.

amanuense

One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.

amaranto

A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.

amare

(usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).

amareggiato

Not satisfied; unsatisfied.