Italian–English dictionary

intruso

One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.

intubazione

(medicine) The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in cases of croup.

intuitivo

Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.

intuito

Intuition.

intuizione

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

inumano

Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

inumare

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

inumazione

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

inumidire

(transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.

inurbanamente

In a rude manner.

inusato

(not comparable) Not used.

inusuale

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

inutile

Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.

inutilità

Groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality; vanity; frivolity.

inutilizzato

(not comparable) Not used.

inutilmente

In an unnecessary way; not by necessity.

invadente

Of a person: overly assertive, bold, or domineering; pushy; also, ostentatious.

invadere

(intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.

invaditrice

An intruder (especially on someone's privacy).

invaghito

In love.

invalida

(dated, sometimes, offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.

invalidare

(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.

invalido

Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.

invariabile

Not variable; unalterable; uniform; always having the same value.

invasione

A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.

invasivo

(medicine, surgery) Of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body.

invaso

(often, attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.

invasore

An intruder (especially on someone's privacy).

invecchiamento

The process of becoming older or more mature.

invece

In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.

invece sì

Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.

inveire

(intransitive, with against or occasionally about, formerly also with on, at, upon) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism [from 16th c.]

invenduto

(commerce) Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.

inventare

(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.

inventario

A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)

inventarsi

To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.

inventato

Invented, as opposed to real.

inventione

(music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.

inventiva

The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.

inventore

(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.

inventrice

(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.

invenzione

Something invented.

invernale

Belonging to winter; winterlike; wintry.

inverni

(US) In the winter.

inverno

Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.

inversione

The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side. [from 18th c.]

inverso

Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction. [from 19th c.]

invertebrato

Lacking a backbone; without vertebrae.

invertire

(transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.

invertito

Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction. [from 19th c.]

investigare

(transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.

investigativo

Of or pertaining to investigation

investigatore

(law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.

investigatrice

A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.

investigazione

The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.

investire

(transitive) To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.

investitore

A person who invests money in order to make a profit.

investitrice

A person who invests money in order to make a profit.

investitura

The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.

inveterato

(formal) Having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual.

invettiva

Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.

invettivo

Characterized by invection or railing.

inviare

(ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.

inviata

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

inviato

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

invidia

Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). [from 13th c.]

invidiabile

Arousing or likely to arouse envy.

invidiare

(transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions. [from 14th c.]

invidiosamente

in an envious manner or to an envious degree

invidioso

Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.

invincibile

Impossible to defeat, destroy, or kill; too powerful to be defeated or overcome.

invio

The thing which has been submitted.

invisibile

Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.

invisibilità

The state of being invisible.

invisibilmente

In a way that can not be seen; in an invisible manner.

inviso

Lacking popularity.

invitante

That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.

invitare

(transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

invitato

A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

invitazione

The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

invito

The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

invito aperto

(fencing) Lack of contact between blades.

invitto

Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.

invivibile

Unfit to be lived in; uninhabitable.

invocare

(transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.

invocazione

The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.

involontariamente

In an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought.

involontario

Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.

involtolare

(transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.

involucro

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

involuta

(geometry) A curve that cuts all tangents of another curve at right angles; traced by a point on a string that unwinds from a curved object.

involuto

(figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.

involuzione

(mathematics) An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.

invulnerabile

(figuratively) Too strong to be defeated or overcome; invincible.

inzuppare

(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.

inzupparsi

(intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.

inzuppato

Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

iodare

To treat or react with iodine.

iodato

(chemistry) The anion IO3-; any salt of iodic acid.

iodico

(chemistry) of, or relating to iodine or its compounds, especially those in which it has a valency of five

iodio

An antiseptic incorporating the element.

ioduro

(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.

iogurt

A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.

iolla

A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.

ione

An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.

ionico

Synonym of Ionic.

Iorca

A city, unitary authority, and borough of North Yorkshire, England.

Iorio

A en given name; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).

iota

The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι).

Iowa

A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Des Moines.

iperbole

(geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.

iperbolico

Using hyperbole: exaggerated.

ipercapnia

(medicine, pathology) The condition of abnormally elevated carbon dioxide in the blood.

ipermetropia

(pathology) The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia.

ipersensibile

Excessively sensitive; easily offended.

ipersessualità

Excessive desire for sexual activity, especially when considered high enough to be clinically significant.

ipersostentatore

(aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.

ipertensione

(medicine, cardiology) A state of abnormally high blood pressure of arterial blood (arterial hypertension) or of the intra-ocular fluid.

ipertensivo

Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension.

ipertrofia

(countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.

iperverboso

Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.

iPhone

(trademark) A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device.

ipnosi

A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.

ipnotico

Of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.

ipnotismo

The art of inducing hypnosis.

ipnotista

A person who uses hypnotism to induce hypnosis in someone, either for entertainment or therapy.

ipnotizzare

(transitive) To induce a state of hypnosis in.

ipnotizzatore

A person who uses hypnotism to induce hypnosis in someone, either for entertainment or therapy.

ipocausto

An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath.

ipocondriaco

Related to, or affected by hypochondria.

ipocoristico

(uncountable) The formation of terms of endearment or pet names.

ipocrisia

(uncountable, pejorative) Empty, hypocritical talk.

ipocrita

A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.

ipodermico

Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis.

ipofisi

(anatomy) The pituitary gland.

iponimo

(semantics) A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word.

ipossia

(pathology) A condition in which tissues are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen [from 1940s].

ipossiemia

(medicine) An abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, be it the partial pressure of oxygen (mm Hg), the content of oxygen (ml oxygen per dl of blood) or the per cent saturation of the blood's hemoglobin, singly or in combination.

ipotalamo

(neuroanatomy) A region of the forebrain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon, and functioning to regulate body temperature, some metabolic processes and governing the autonomic nervous system.

ipoteca

(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.

ipotecare

(transitive) To pledge (something) as surety for a loan; to pawn, mortgage.

ipotensione

(medicine, cardiology) The disease or disorder of abnormally low blood pressure.

ipotenusa

(geometry) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

ipotermia

(pathology) Abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans.

ipotesi

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

ipoteticamente

In a hypothetical way; as a hypothesis.

ipotetico

Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural

ipotizzare

(ambitransitive) To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.

ippocastano

Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.

ippocratico

Pertaining to, or in accordance with the theories of, ancient Greek physician and philosopher Hippocrates.