Prime Parole Flashcards
Tough (always a good connotation when used with people)
Archaic meaning: soon or quick
Tosto
Cruel, ruthless, fierce, cutthroat
spietato
Insolent, brash, brazen
Sfacciato
To gather, assemble
Radunare
This, that, what
Ciò
Meeting, convention, congress, conferece
Convegno
Anger, wrath, fury
Ira
Hock
Garreto
Prey, booty
Preda
To lower, bend
Chinare
To obey
Ubbidire
Colt
Puledro
To land, arrive at
Approdare
To lay down
Sdraiare
Pen, (sheep) fold
Ovile
Naughty, dirty, roguish
Or can express “very!
As a noun usually refers to a child
Birbone
To throw, fling, hurl, toss
Gettare
To use, employ, spend, take
Impiegare
Mourning, loss bereavement
Lutto
Therefore, so, well now, well then
Dunque
Every, each
Ciascuno
Too, as well, also
But, and yet, nevertheless, even though
Pure
To rise, to arise
Sorgere
Vexation
Angheria
Sourness, pungency
Severity, harshness, strictness, roughness
Asprezza
Muddy/dirty puddle formed by rainwater
Pozzànghera
Rough, wavy, blurred
Mosso
To tear/rip
Strappare
Empty, bare, simple
Spoglio
To lean something against something
To lay the blame/responsibility for something on something
Addossare
On
Addosso
Bait
Esca
Note
Reproach
Exactly/just
Appunto
“Prendere appunti”
“Fare un appunto a qn”
“Dicevo appunto ieri” “Per l’appunto”
Clairvoyant, prophet, seer
Veggente
Alas!
Àhime
To give somebody the responsibility to do something
Incaricare
Flint, flintstone
Selce (F)
Chest, breast
Petto
In order that, so that
Affinché
Not even
Neanche / Neppure
Grasshopper, locust
Cavalletta
To escape
Scampare
Hail
Grandine
To fill, to fill up
Riempire
To ruin
Rovinare
To chase away, drive out
Scacciare
Even
Really
Addirittura
gli hanno addirittura proibito di uscire di casa
they’ve even forbidden him to leave the house
il suo comportamento è addirittura ridicolo
his behaviour is downright ridiculous
Near, among
Presso
“Mosè era personalmente in grande considerazione nel paese d’Egitto, presso i servitori del faraone e presso tutto il popolo.”
To grind
Macinare
“Al primogenito della serva che sta dietro la macina” (the grinder (millstone))
To bark, yell angrily
Abbaiare
“neppure un cane abbaierà”
Everybody, every/each one
Ognuno
“Ognuno prenda un agnello per famiglia”
Lamb
Agnello
“Un agnello per casa”
Kid (goat)
Capretto
“Potrete prendere un agnello o un capretto”
Unleavened
Azzimo
“con pane azzimo e con erbe amare”
To boil
Lessare
“Non mangiatelo poco cotto o lessato nell’acqua”
Between, among
Through
In
Tra
“‘Sia tra gli uomini, sia tra gli animali” esso appartiene a me’”