Italian–English dictionary

immateriale

Having no matter or substance; incorporeal.

immaturità

Youth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown

immaturo

Not fully formed or developed; not grown. [from 17th c.]

immediatamente

Immediately; now; right away.

immediato

Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.

immensità

The state or characteristic of being immense.

immenso

vast

immergere

(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.

immergersi

(intransitive) To swim under water.

immeritevole

Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.

immersione

A swim under water.

immersione nudo

Swimming in the nude, as opposed to with a swimsuit.

immerso

Under the surface of a liquid; sunk.

immettere

(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

immigrante

A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.

immigrare

(intransitive) To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.

immigrato

A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.

immigrazione

The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.

imminente

(not comparable) Approaching or about to take place.

immiserire

(transitive) To make poor.

immiserirsi

(intransitive) To become poor.

immissario

(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.

immissione

The act of immitting; injection or infusion.

immobile

One who does not or cannot move (e.g. to travel or live elsewhere).

immobiliarista

(North America) A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.

immobilità

The quality or state of being still.

immobilitare

To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.

immobilizzare

To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.

immobilizzazione

The act or process of preventing a thing from moving.

immondizia

Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.

immorale

Obscene or offensive.

immoralità

(uncountable) The state or quality of being immoral; vice.

immortale

Lasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.

immortalità

(religion, mythology, biology) The condition of being immortal.

immortalizzare

To give unending life to, to make immortal.

immotivato

Unwanted; not requested or required.

immoto

At rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.

immune

(medicine, usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.

immunità

The state of being exempt; immunity.

immunitario

(medicine) Of or pertaining to immunity.

immunològico

(medicine) Of or pertaining to immunity.

immusonirsi

(intransitive) To have a frown on one's face.

immutabile

Something that cannot be changed.

immutato

not varied; monotonous or homogeneous; samely

impacchettamento

(uncountable, archaic) The act of packing something.

impacchettare

(transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack

impacchettato

Put into a package.

impacciato

Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.

impaccio

Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.

impagabile

(obsolete) Not valuable; valueless; worthless.

impagato

Not paid for.

impagliare

To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.

impagliato

Full or packed (with some material or substance).

impala

An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns.

impalare

(ambitransitive) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.

impalato

Pinned to something by piercing.

impalcatura

(bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.

impallidire

(intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

impalpabile

Not able to be perceived, or able to be perceived only with difficulty; insubstantial, thin.

impanare

(transitive) To coat with breadcrumbs.

impancarsi

(figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.

impantanarsi

(transitive) To cause to become stuck and unable to progress.

imparare

To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.

imparare a memoria

To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.

impareggiabile

Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.

imparentato

(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

impari

(maths, not comparable) Numerically indivisible by two.

impartire

(transitive) To give a part or to share.

imparziale

treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased

imparzialità

(uncountable) Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.

impasse

(figurative) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.

impassibile

Deliberately impassive or expressionless.

impastare

(transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.

impasticciare

To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.

impasto

A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.

impattare

(transitive) To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.

impattato

Influenced or changed by something.

impatto

(ecology) The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.

impaurire

(intransitive) (To be able) to be scared.

impaurito

(now, _, rare) Frightened; filled with terror.

impavesata

(nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.

impavido

(informal) Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances.

impaziente

Earnestly desirous.

impazientemente

In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest.

impazienza

The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.

impazzire

(intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

impazzirsi

(intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.

impazzito

Out of control.

impeachment

(countable, law, chiefly, US) The act of impeaching or charging a public official with misconduct, especially if serious, often with the aim of having the official dismissed from office.

impeccabile

Without flaws, defects, or shortcomings; perfect.

impeccabilità

The property of being impeccable.

impeccabilmente

In a perfect or flawless manner.

impedenza

(physics) A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation of its resistance, and inductive and capacitive reactances; the ratio of voltage to current treated as complex quantities.

impedimento

A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.

impedire

(transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).

impegnare

(obsolete, transitive) To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).

impegnarsi

(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

impegnativo

Difficult, hard to do.

impegnato

Engaged in activity or by someone else; bustling.

impegno

The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

impegolarsi

(transitive) To cover or enclose with bark.

impellenza

(often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate.

impenetrabile

(military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable.

impennacchiare

(transitive) To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.

impennare

(of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.

impennata

An abrupt increase.

impensabile

Incapable of being believed; incredible.

imperativo

Essential; crucial; extremely important.

imperatore

Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.

imperdonabile

(of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.

imperfetta

Not perfect,

imperfetto

Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.

imperfezione

A defect, imperfection, or weakness; more severe than a flaw.

imperialismo

The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

imperialista

Of, or relating to imperialism.

imperioso

Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic.

imperito

Not experienced; lacking knowledge because lacking experience.

imperituro

Lasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.

impermeabile

impervious

impermeabilizzare

To make waterproof or water-resistant.

impermeabilizzato

Made of or covered with material that doesn't allow water in.

impermeabilizzazione

The treatment of something to make it waterproof.

imperniare

(intransitive) To turn on an exact spot.

impero romano

(historical) An ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire.

imperscrutabile

(figurative) Impossible to grasp the extent of, or to fully know or understand.

impersonare

(intransitive) To appear, to make an appearance.

imperterrito

Not shaken, discouraged or disheartened.

impertinente

(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.

imperturbabile

(of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.

imperversare

(sometimes, figurative) To move with great violence, as a storm etc.

impeto

(uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.

impetuoso

Characterized by sudden violence or vehemence.

impiallacciare

(transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to.

impiallacciatura

A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.

impianto

A complex machine or instrument.

impianto idraulico

The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.

impiastro

(countable, US, slang) A worthless person, particularly: [from 1904]

impiccagione

(countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

impiccare

(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.

impicciarsi

(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

impiccio

A distressing or dangerous situation.

impiccione

A person who offers unsolicited views, advice, or criticism; one who kibitzes.

impiegare

(rare) To provide (someone) with a new job; to hire.

impiegata

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

impiegato

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

impiego

The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.

impietoso

Having, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless.

impigliare in una rete

(transitive) To catch by means of a net.

impilare

(transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate

impinguare

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.