Ponti Chapter 2 Flashcards
a vicenda
in turn
abbaiare
to bark
abbassare
to lower
abbonamento
subscription
abbonarsi
to subscribe
accanto a
next to
affidare
to entrust
affrontare
to face to confront
allontanarsi
to go away to depart
annullare
to cancel to annul
annunciatore/annunciatrice
announcer
arredamento
furnishings
attesa
wait
avvenimento
event
avvisare
to inform to advise
azionista
(m.) stockholder
bagaglio
luggage
bancone
(m.) counter
battaglia
battle fight
binario
railroad track railroad platform
bontö
goodness
canale
(m.) channel
catturato
captured
centinaia
hundreds
chiarificare
to clarify
chirurgo
surgeon
citare
to cite to quote
colpa
fault
commuovere
(pp. commosso) to move to touch (emotionally)
conduttore/conduttrice
anchorman anchorwoman
Cronaca
news
Cronaca near
crime news
cronaca rosa
celebrity news
cronista
(m) reporter
cure termali
(f pl) spa treatments curare to take care of
curatore/curatrice
curator
decollo
takeoff (plane)
dibattere
to debate
difetto
defect
disponibile
available
edicola
newsstand
editore/editrice
publisher
editoriale
(m.) editorial
edizione straordinaria
(f) special edition
elencare
to list
emittente
(f) television station
errato
wrong
fingere
(pp. finto) to pretend
fotoreporter
(m.) news photographer
fregare
to cheat to take someone for a ride; to rub
fumetto
comic st rip
giornale
newspaper
giornalista
(m) journalist
imbarcare
to embark
infine
in conclusion
insomma
in short in other Words
Intervistare
to interview
inviato/a
correspondent
maestro/a
teacher
mensa
cafeteria
mensile
(m.) monthly publication
metodo
method
mettere
to put to place
Migliaio
thousand
Moltiplicare
to multiply
nascere
to be born
nastro trasportatore
conveyor belt
notizia d’apertura
lead story (in a newspaper)
notiziario
(m.) newscast
notizie
(f. pl) news
occhiello
subheading (newspaper)
ostaggio
hostage
pazzesco
mad insane
peggiorare
to worsen; to make worse
periodico
(m.) newspaper magazine
pesante
heavy
picchiare
to hit to strike
piemontese
(adj or n) person from Piedmont
piuttosto
rather
portiere
(m.) doorman porter
pregio
quality
prenotare
to reserve
programma
(m.) program
purtroppo
unfortunately
quarantenne
(m.) person in his/ her forties
Quotidiano
daily newspaper
reagire
to react
redattore/redattrice capo
editor-in-chief
redattore/redattrice
member of editorial staff
redazione
(f) editorial office editing
rete
(f) channel network
riassumere
(p.. riassunto) to summarize
richiesta
request requirement
rincasare
to return home
riportare
to take to achieve to report
riscontrare
to verify
rispecchiare
to reflect
ritratto
portrait
rivista
magazine
rivolta
revolt
rubare
to steal
salire
to climb to board to get on
sbadigliare
to yawn
scattare una foto
to take a photo
scendere
(pp. sceso) to descend to get off
scioccare
to shock
sciopero
(m.) strike
scivolare
to slide
settimanale
(m.) weekly magazine newspaper
sfoglliare
to leaf through
solito
usual
spaventare
to scare
spintone
(m.) big push
Staccare
to take off to remove
starnutire
to sneeze
sviluppare
to develop
telegiornale
(m.) television new newscast
tenebre
(f. pl.) darkness
tenersi aggiornato
to keep one up-to-date
testate
masthead
tifo
(wild) support enthusiasm
titolo
headline
trascorrere
(pp. trascorso) to pass to spend
trasmissione
(f) program
vicenda
business
vignette
cartoon
vincita
win winnings