Italian–English dictionary

ingiallirsi

(intransitive) To become yellow or yellower.

ingigantire

(transitive, idiomatic) To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.

inginocchiarsi

(intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.

inginocchiatoio

A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying. [from 16th c.]

ingiunzione

(countable, legal) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.

ingiuria

(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.

ingiuriare

(transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]

ingiurioso

Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.

ingiustamente

In an unjust manner.

ingiustificabile

Unsatisfactory; not acceptable.

ingiustificato

Unwanted; not requested or required.

ingiustizia

An encroachment on a right, a person, a territory, or a property.

ingiusto

unfair, unequal or unjust.

inglese

The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world.

inglese canadese

(informal) The English language (spoken or written) as used in Canada; Canadian English.

inglobare

(transitive) To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.

ingoiare

(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]

ingolfare

(transitive, archaic) To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.

ingollare

(transitive, colloquial) To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.

ingombrante

Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.

ingombrare

(transitive) To restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment.

ingombro

A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.

ingombro di coperta

(nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.

ingordigia

A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

ingordo

Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy.

ingorgo

Something that prevents something from passing.

ingovernabile

A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.

ingozzarsi

(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.

ingranaggio

(countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.

ingranare

(engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.

ingrandimento

An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.

ingrandire

(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.

ingrassare

(transitive, obsolete) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

ingrato

Not grateful; not expressing gratitude.

ingravidare

(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

ingraziarsi

(intransitive) To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.

ingrediente

(cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.

ingresso

An amount of money to be paid for entering a bar or restaurant where entertainment is provided.

ingrigire

(demography, slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)

ingrossamento

An act or instance of making something larger.

ingrossare

(intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.

ingrossarsi

(transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.

ingrosso

(business) The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants.

inguainare

(transitive) To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.

inguardabile

Displeasing to the eye.

inguine

The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.

ingurgitare

(transitive, colloquial) To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.

ingurgitata

(informal) A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.

inibire

(transitive, figurative) To prohibit movement or expression of.

inibitore

(chemistry) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.

iniettore

A device used to prime an internal combustion engine with gasoline, (especially) in airplanes.

iniezione

(British) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation)

inimmaginabile

Unable to be imagined; inconceivable or mind-boggling; beyond belief.

inintelligibile

Not intelligible; unable to be understood.

ininterrottamente

(duration, idiomatic) All the time, or seemingly all the time; constantly.

ininterrotto

(not comparable) Having no seams.

iniquità

(uncountable) Deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness.

inizi

(now, _, rare) The earliest stage of something.

iniziale

Having begun to occur; in its early stages.

iniziare

(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

iniziativa

(uncountable) A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.

iniziato

One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.

iniziatore

One who initiates.

iniziatrice

One who initiates.

iniziazione

The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.

inizio

That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.

innalzare

(transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).

innamorato

In love, amorous.

innanzi

Earlier than (in time).

innanzi che

(informal) Rather or sooner than.

innanzitutto

(sequence, idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else.

innato

Innate, inborn. [from 19th c.]

innaturale

Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc.

innecessario

Not needed or necessary.

innegabile

Irrefutable, or impossible to deny.

innegabilmente

(conjunctive) Signals a concession followed by a counterpoint usually headed by but.

innervosire

(transitive) To agitate, bewilder, fluster.

innescare

(transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.

innesco

(manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.

innesto

(horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.

innevato

Covered with snow at the top, especially of a hill or mountain.

inno

A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.

inno nazionale

A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.

innocente

Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.

innocentemente

In an innocent manner.

innominato

Having no name, nameless, unnamed; anonymous.

innovare

(intransitive) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.

innovativo

Innovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before.

innovatore

Someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.

innovazione

An act, or the process, of renovating.

innumerabile

(of a number) Too large to be counted to.

innumerevole

(of a number) Too large to be counted to.

ino

Used to form diminutives.

inoccupazione

The state of having no job; joblessness.

inodore

Having no odor.

inoltrare

(transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.

inoltre

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

inondare

(transitive) To flood with water.

inondato

Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.

inondazione

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.

inoperabile

(surgery) Incapable of being successfully operated on.

inopportuno

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

inorganico

(chemistry) Relating to a compound that does not contain carbon.

inorpellare

(transitive) To avoid giving away or revealing (something secret); to hide by a false appearance.

inorridito

Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant.

inosservato

Not seen or observed.

inossidabile

That cannot be readily oxidized.

inox

Describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration.

inquadramento

(literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.

inquadrare

To arrange into a systematic order; to make systematic; to organise as a system

inquadratura

A piece of photographic film containing an image.

inquartato

(heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.

inquietante

(informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.

inquietare

(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

inquieto

Nervous and worried.

inquietudine

(uncountable) A state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.

inquilino

(computing) Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.

inquinamento

Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]

inquinante

A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.

inquinare

(transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.

insabbiare

(figuratively) To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.

insaccare

(transitive) To put into a bag.

insaccato

A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing; a length of this food.

insalata

A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.

insalubre

Unhealthful, not providing or promoting health.

insanguinare

(transitive) To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.

insanguinato

Covered in blood.

insano

Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.

insaponare

(transitive) To cover with lather.

insaponarsi

(transitive, informal) To cover, lather, or in any other manner treat with soap, often as a prank.

insapore

Having no flavour; bland; insipid.

insaporire

(transitive) To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.

insaziabile

Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy.

inscatolamento

Storage in jars.

inscatolare

(transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.

inscrizione

(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.

insediamento

That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.

insegna

Something characteristic; a mark; a token.

insegnamento

(North America, Philippines, education) A level of primary and secondary education.

insegnante

One who instructs; a teacher.

insegnare

(transitive) To teach by giving instructions.

inseguire

(transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.

inseguitore

Something or someone who chases. [from 14th c.]

inseguitrice

Something or someone who chases. [from 14th c.]

inseminare

To fill with one's semen.

insenatura

(geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.

insensatamente

In an insane manner; not sanely.

insensato

Outlandish; foolish; silly.

insensibile

(figurative) Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.

inseparabile

Unable to be separated; bound together permanently.