2. Basile Flashcards
a fior di labbra
in a whisper
a frotte
in their 100s, in droves
a stento
with difficulty
a tutto spiano
flat out; lavishly
abbaglio
blunder
abbrancare
grasp, seize
accasciarsi
collapse, lose heart
accigliare
frown
adagio
slowly, with care, gently
affannoso
laboured, painstaking, frantic
aggio
premium
aggiogare
to yoke, subjugate
allampanato
lanky
androne
entrance hall
apparecchiare
to set/lay the table
annaspare
to flounder/grope
appassire
wither, fade
arrancare
cause
assorto
engrossed
asta
pole; arm; bar; auction; stroke
astio
rancour, resentment; hold a grudge
autovettura
[motor] car
avvampare
to flare up, become red, blush
avventore
customer
azzerare
to make equal to zero, reduce to zero, reset
baita
mountain hut
battigia
water’s edge
battuta
cue; witty remark; beating; service; bar; key stroke
botola
trapdoor
botto
thud; rattle
bradipo
sloth
brillo
tipsy, merry
brina
(hoar) frost
brizzolato
greying, grey-haired
canovaccio
canvas; dishcloth; tea towel; duster. plot
caseficio
creamery
caspita
good heavens! for goodness sake!
catorcio
wreck, crock, clunker
cerotto
(sticking) plaster
cialda
wafer
cianfrusaglia
nick-nack, bits and pieces
cigolio
squeaking, creaking
ciocco
log
coccio
fragment (of pottery); potshard
cocciuto
stubborn, pig-headed
conca
valley; basin
corredare
provide/furnish/equip with
corrugare
frown, knit one’s brow
covare
to smoulder; sit on; be sickening for, nurse
cruscotto
dashboard
destare
to wake (up); arouse, awaken
dileguare
dispel, disperse
dimora
residence
dinanzi
ahead; in front of; in the presence of; before
dirimpetto
opposite
disbrigo
dealing with, handling
entroterra
hinterland
esito
result, outcome
espianto
removal
falce
scythe
falda
later, stratum; brim; tails; lower slope; pitch; flake
filastrocca
nursery rhyme
fottere
fuck, screw; pinch, swipe; do t dirty on sb
fragoroso
deafening, ear-splitting
gabbare
to deceive, trick, dupe
galera
prison
giratondo
ring-a-ring-o’roses
grezzo
coarse, rough
ignoto
unknown
imbambolato
vacant, blank
imbottito
upholstered, padded
imbrociato
sullen, cross, sulky
impacciato
embarrassed; awkward, clumsy
incrinare
to crack, damage
individuare
to identify, locate, pick/single out; be characterised
inerpicarsi
to clamber up
inghippo
trick
intenerire
to touch, move (to pity)
lancinante
stabbing, shooting; piercing
le vette innevate
the snow-capped peaks
lessare
to boil
livido
livid; bruised, black and blue; leaden
lusingare
to flatter
macigno
rock, boulder
malandrino
mischievous, roguish; rascal
mangianastri
cassette-recorder
massello
ingot; solid
matterello
rolling pin
mattone
brick; heavy going
mollare
let go; drop; cast off; punch, slap; ditch
mozzare
to cut off; dock; take someone’s breath away
muffa
mildew, mould
nenia
dirge, monotonous tune; tale of woe
non destare il can che dorme
let sleeping dogs lie
orma
footprint, track, trace, mark
ottone
brass
pallina
marble
paffuto
plump, chubby
padreterno
God the Father, God Almighty
paragonabile
comparable (to)
per un pelo
by a hair
perno
(king)pin, gudgeon; pivot, hinge; mainstay
pinguedine
fatness, corpulence
poppata
feed
la prassi
normal procedure
prepotenza
arrogance, arrogant behaviour
radunare
gather, assemble, rally; collect
radura
clearing
rame
copper
rammicare
grieve
rebbio
prong
repentino
sudden, unexpected
riaffaccere
to propose again, put forward again
ridestarsi
to be roused again, rekindled
rimarginare
heal
rimuginare
to turn sth over in one’s mind; brood over
rinfusa
higgledy-piggledy, in confusion
rissa
fight, brawl
risucchiare
to swallow up
ritrarre
to portray, depict; withdraw
rubizzo
lively, sprightly
salma
body
sbadigliare
to yawn
sbirciare
to peep at, cast sidelong glances at, eye
sbocconcellare
to nibble (at sth)
sbornia
to get plastered
scalfire
to scratch, undermine
scansare
to move (aside), shift; dodge; avoid
scheda
(index) card; ballot paper; inset; brief report
scheggiare
to splinter, chip
schiacciare
crush; push; press; flatten
schianto
crash; all of a sudden; great! terrific!
schiattare
burst
schioccare
to crack, snap, click, smack
scialle
shawl
scodinzolare
to wag its tail
scolpire
to sculpt, sculpture; carve; engrave
sconfitta
defeat
scontroso
surly, sullen; touchy
sconvolgimento
confusion, devastation
scorrere
to run, flow, slide easily, pass (by)
scroscio
roar, thunder
setacciare
to sift, sieve; search, comb
sfacchinare
to toil, drudge
sfacciato
insolent, cheeky, impudent
sfinito
exhausted, worn out
sgabello
stool
sganciare
unhook, unfasten, undo, drop; fork out
sgretola
to split, cause to flake off
sguaiato
coarse, vulgar
siero
serum
similpelle
Leatherette
sintonizzare
to tune (in)
sipario
curtain
smaltire
to digest, lose, get over; sell off; drain away
snodarsi
to be hinged, wind
sodo
hard, firm. (hard-boiled)
sommesso
soft, low, subdued
sopire
soothe
soppiatto
secretly, furtively
guardare di sottecchi
steal glances at
spaccio
trafficking, dealing; shop
spalluccia
shrug
spazzare
to sweep
spiazzare
to wrong-foot, catch off guard
spiccare
jump, leap, take wing; issue
spietato
ruthless, pitiless, cruel, bitter; fierce
spiovente
sloping; arcing shot
spiraglio
chink, narrow opening; glimmer, gleam
spossatezza
exhaustion
squarcio
gash, hole, rip; passage, excerpt
staccare
to remove (from); separate, divide; unyoke
stagliarsi
to stand out against; be silhouetted against
stanare
to drive out
stazza
tonnage; rating
stemperare
to dissolve
stento
hardship, privation; with difficulty, barely
strabuzzare
to open one’s eyes wide
strafare
to overdo it
strozzato
blocked, throttled; strangulated
struggere
to consume
struggimento
yearning
sventolare
wave, flutter
svogliato
listless, lazy, indolent; lazybones
tepore
warmth
tinteggiare
to paint
traballare
to stagger, totter; to be shaky
traboccante
brimful, overflowing
tracannare
to down, gulp down
traguardo
finish, finishing post/line; aim, goal
trasecolare
to be dumbfounded
tregua
truce; rest, respite
ustionato
burnt
vagito
crying, wailing
velo
veil; film, layer
vergare
to write; to cane, to beat
vestaglia
dressing gown
vicolo
back alley
zattera
raft
zigomo
cheek bone
