Italian–English dictionary

inserimento

The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration

inserire

To introduce, add or initiate a person or group of people to an organisation; to give (someone) a share or portion of something.

inserirsi

(intransitive, figurative) To be or become of a like type with others; (especially) to be or become socially accepted.

inservibile

Not usable.

inserviente

A servant or valet.

insetticida

A substance used to kill insects.

insettivoro

Insect-eating animal or plant.

insicura

Not safe (various senses); dangerous.

insicuro

Not secure.

insidia

(figurative) A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.

insidioso

(obsolete) That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.

insieme

At the same time; simultaneously; together.

insieme complemento

(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement). [from 20th c.]

insieme differenza

(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement). [from 20th c.]

insignificante

Having no consequence; not consequential; of little importance.

insignire

To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.

insinuarsi

To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.

insinuazione

A derogatory hint or reference to, or (often sexual) insinuation about, a person or thing.

insipido

Lacking in taste or flavor.

insipiente

Not wise; lacking wisdom

insistente

Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.

insistenza

The state of being insistent.

insistere

(intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.

insito

Naturally as part or consequence of something.

insoddisfacente

Not providing satisfaction.

insoddisfatto

Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment.

insoddisfazione

Unhappiness or discontent.

insofferenza

(medicine) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor.

insoffribile

Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable.

insolazione

(medicine) Heat stroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays.

insolente

Defying.

insolenza

Excessive pride, presumption, or arrogance (originally toward the gods).

insolitamente

In an unusual manner.

insolito

A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.

insolvente

Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due.

insolvenza

(finance) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay their debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business.

insondabile

Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.

insonne

One who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping; a sufferer from insomnia.

insonnia

(medicine) A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep.

insonnolito

Quite sleepy or tired.

insonorizzare

To make resistant to transmitting sound.

insopportabile

(colloquial, of a person) Very difficult to deal with.

insopportabilmente

In an unbearable manner, not bearably, in a way unable to be borne

insopprimibile

Not containable or controllable.

insorgenza

An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.

insorta

One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.

insorto

One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.

insostenibile

Not sustainable.

insostenibilmente

In an unbearable manner, not bearably, in a way unable to be borne

insostituibile

Incapable of being replaced, especially because of uniqueness or finiteness.

insozzare

(transitive, literary) To make dirty.

insperato

Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.

inspiegabile

Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.

inspiegabilmente

In an inexplicable manner; for an unknown reason.

inspirare

(intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.

inspirazione

(physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing.

instabile

Easily rocked; unstable.

instabilità

(uncountable) The quality of being unstable.

installare

(computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application.

installare impianto elettrico

To equip with wires for use with electricity.

installare microspie

(slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.

installazione

An act of installing.

instancabile

Not allowing or affording rest.

instante

A very short space of time; an instant.

instaurare

(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.

instaurazione

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.

instigare

(transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object

instillare

(transitive) To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.

instradamento

(networking) A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed.

instradare

(transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.

instradatore

(Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.

instruttivo

Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.

insubordinazione

The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor.

insuccesso

State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.

insudiciare

(transitive, literary) To make dirty.

insufficiente

Trashy, trivial, of little value.

insufficienza

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

insulare

Of or being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands.

insulina

A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism (in various animals including humans).

insultante

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

insultare

(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]

insulto

(slang) An insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect.

insurrezionalista

A person who provokes or takes part in an insurrection.

insurrezione

(uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.

intaccare

(transitive) To cut a notch in (something).

intaccatura

The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.

intagliare

To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.

intagliata

(fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.

intagliatore

Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.

intagliatrice

Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.

intaglio

The act or craft of producing a carved object.

intasamento

A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.

intasare

To block or slow passage through (often with 'up).

intasato

Having an obstructed flow; blocked.

intascare

(billiards, snooker, pool) To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.

intatto

Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.

integrale

Total, entire.

integralismo

(religion) The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.

integralista

One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.

integrare

(computing) To sell hardware and software as a single product.

integrarsi

(transitive) To desegregate, as a school or neighborhood.

integrato

Constructed as a nondetachable part of a larger structure.

integro

(figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.

intelaiatura

The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.

intelare

(transitive) To cover (an area or object) with canvas.

intelletto

(uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.

intellettuale

(sometimes, derogatory) Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured, sophisticated.

intellettualmente

In an intellectual manner.

intellettualoide

(sometimes, derogatory) Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured, sophisticated.

intelligente

Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.

intelligentemente

In an intelligent manner; cleverly.

intellighenzia

(politics) The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.

intelligibile

Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.

intelligibilmente

In an intelligible manner.

intemerato

Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony.

intemperanza

Lack of moderation or temperance; excess.

intempestivo

Occurring at an unfavourable or inappropriate time; untimely

intendere

(ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon

intenditore

A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.

intenditrice

(chiefly, US) An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.

intensamente

In an acute manner

intensificare

(transitive) To make darker or more intense; to darken

intensificazione

A deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict.

intensità

The quality of being intense.

intensità in candele

(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.

intenso

Having depth and body; rich.

intentare

(intransitive, with for, chiefly, _, legal) To submit a formal request to some office.

intento

A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. [from 17th c.]

intenzionale

Carefully thought out or planned.

intenzionalmente

With intentionality, and deliberately, usually also with a connotation of due consideration and wise choosing.

intenzionato

(chiefly, Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.

intenzione

Intention or plot.

inter nos

Confidentially, privately, off the record.

intera

Morally whole; pure; sheer.

interagire

(intransitive) To act upon each other.

interamente

To the full or entire extent.

interattivo

Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.

interazione

Interaction; reciprocal relationship.

interazione gravitazionale

(physics) The fundamental force of attraction that exists between all matter in the universe, caused by the curvature of spacetime caused by matter. It is the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, and possesses a gauge boson known as the graviton.

interbase

(baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.

intercalare

(cinematography) To generate intermediate frames in an animated sequence so as to give the appearance of smooth movement.

intercambiabile

Freely substitutable; that may be swapped at will.

intercapedine

A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

intercettare

(transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

intercettazione

An interception of a radio broadcast or a telephone call.

intercettazione comuncazioni

(telecommunication) The interception of electronic communication.

intercettazione telefonica

(telecommunication) The interception of electronic communication.

intercetto

(American football) A passing play where the ball is caught by the opposing team.

intercontinentale

Taking place between two or more continents.

interdire

(transitive) To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).