random 17 Flashcards
prevedere
1.foresee, plan, predict, forecast, expect
2. imagine, consider envisage
3. call for, provide for, involve
4. impose, dictate, establish
lo squarcio
- gash, laceration
- passage
accoglienza
welcome, reception, hospitality
organazione non governativa
la ong
non government organization
NGO
la fonte,
la sorgente
spring, well, source,
“ “ “ origin
l’ustione
burn (to skin)
dovuto a
due to, caused by
curare
curarsi
nurse, look after, take care of (NOT CURE)
2. see too, handle
take care of yourself, look after yourself
attraccare
to dock (a ship)
atterrare
to land (a plane)
2. to knock down, ground, floor (fight)
assaggiare
assaggiato
to taste, try, pick at, peck at
tendere a fare, propendere a fare
to tend to (do something)
rientrare
to return, go back, come back
addestrativo
una missione addestrativa
training, instructional
a training mission
incantato
- magical, bewitched
- Jammed, stuck
l’allevamento
allevare pp=allevato
the upbringing, rearing, fostering
to raise, to breed, to rear
la bontà
kindness, goodness, generosity
il vaglio
vagliare
careful inspection, close examination, sift, sift through
(to do all of the above)
individuare
individuato pp
to identify
to pin point, locate
il velivolo
aeroplane, plane airplane
il suolo
soil, ground
land, country
coinvolto
involved, implicated, incriminated
l’ambito
scope, subject matter
2 setting, environment, premises
3. coveted, desirable, popular
idigato=pp
indagare
investigated
to investigate
spartire
to separate
to divide, to distribute, portion, split, share
la voragine
hole, chasm, bottomless pit
- sconfitto
- la sconfitta
- sconfiggere
- defeated beaten eradicated
- the defeat, elimination, demise
- to defeat, beat, vanquish, overwhelm
il consiglio
- Consiglio Europeo
- advice, suggestion
- council, board
- European council
il calo
calare
the decrease, drop, fall (in numbers)
to drop, go down, decrease, lower
ripare, aggiustare, correggere
to fix (something), to repair
fissare, attacare
to fix, to attach (something to something else)
fissare
to set (a price, or limit)
preparare, fissare
to fix (food)
concordare
to fix, to agree on (a time)
il fastidio
complaint, ailment
inconvenience, bother
problem concern worry
annoyance peeve
wella perdita
- leak (fluid)
- loss, decline, drop, declining, dropping
- loss death
perbene
- well, properly adv.
- decent respectable, proper
adj. invariable
perche si! - interjection
because! (with no explanation)
il battito cardiaco
battito ectopico
heartbeat
ectopic, extrasystole
la pulzazione
the pulse, heartbeat, beating, throbing
irregolare
irregular
seguire
attend, follow etc
augurare
augursi
(ti) augurare un buon soggiorno
to wish, to bid
to hope
to hope (you) have a good stay
il soggiorno
stay, sojorn
holiday
l’arredamento, gli arredi
decor
l’innesco
bomb primer
il pulsante
pulsante adj.
switch, button
pulsating
il ricordo
un brutto ricordo
the memory (of something)
a bad memory
pigiare un pulsante
to push a button/switch
la rovina
the destruction, collapse, ruin
elemosinare
to beg for, beseach
il marcio
the rotten part, the corrupt part
impedire
to impede, obstruct, obstruct,, make difficult
suscitare
to create, to cause, to raise
la massa
mass of people
mass of an object
mass of things
la massa
mass of people
mass of an object
mass of things
compiere, compiuto=pp
accomplish fulfil, complete finish
sanare
- rectify, correct, put right
- heal, cure
- legalize, decriminilize, legitamize
il cimelio
antique, memento, relic
lottare
to fight, struggle against
raffredare
to cool down, to chill
vetrato adj.
glazed
involontario
accidental, involuntary
la sconfitta
defeat, demise
vantare
to praise, to boast, to commend
l’esito
esitare
the result, outcome
to hesitate
l’impresa
the challenge, endeavour, undertaking, venture
decollare
to take of
to behead
lo stento
stentare
effort, hard work, struggle, difficulty
to struggle, find difficult
la pratica
practice, experience, normal operating procedure,
2. paperwork
3. doctrine
diffondere
publicize, propagate, disseminate
la cricca
gang, clique, ring, clan, bunch
l’imperatore
l’imperatrice
the emperor
the empress
la dismissione
divestiture, discontinuation
La repubblica di Salò (Place name, west bank lake Garda)
Mussolini’s government from 1943-1945 from the occupied part of Italy, after the German rescue
minare
minato
to mine, to undermine, undercut, weaken
mined, weakened, undercut
il pretesto
pretext, excuse, justification
la disfatta
the defeat
la casta
the clique, the caste
la perdita
- loss (of an object, death of a person)
- leak (e.g. of a fluid)
il conto
account
bill etc
il bancario
il bancario la bancaria
bank
bank teller
siglare
to sign, initial
lo spunto
prompt, cue
il fascino
charm, allure, appeal, fascination
descrizione
description, illustration, characterization
scomparire
to disappear
to pass away (die)
all’orizzonte
from sigh
2.future
3. developments
fidarsi
to trust, be sure
affidare
affidarsi
to entrust, give custody of
trust in, be confident in, rely on
il balso
balsare
leap, jump, spring
stride
to leap, jump, spring
to stride
dirompente
explosive, shocking
infrangere
to break, shatter, impinge
l’incarico
task, responsibility, chore, assignment.
role, office
l’eguaglianza, l’uguaglianza
la parita
il diritto
justice, fairness
rights under the law
rights (human)
FARE una fotografia
TAKE a photograph
il gusto
sense of flavour or style
la scaletta
stile (over a fence)
per finire in
to end up in
estendibile, estensibile
extendable ( in time)
allungabile
extendable (in length)
giurare
to swear (to something),
dimettersi
to resign
ennesimo adj.
umpteenth nth
il zaino
back-pack, rucksack
ammettere
to admit, to acknowledge,
to approve, allow, assume
attenersi
to abide by, comply with, conform to
il proposito
the purpose, the intention, the aim
imbrogliare
to dupe, to cheat
to tangle, to snarl
apprezzare
to appraise, value,
admire esteem
notice
appreciate
il riciclaggio
money laundering
recycling
la frode
fraud, swindle scam
incontrare
to bump into
l’appoggio
support, backing,
il lingotto
the ingot
incollato
glued, stuck on
prestare
to carry out,
give, grant, lend, loan
irragionevole
unreasonable
sparire
to disappear
la banda
band, mob, gang
stripe, strip band
volatilizzare
volatilizzarsi
to evaporate, vaporize
to disappear
incantevole
enchanting fascinating, magical
la cassaforte
the safe
rivedere
to rethink, reconsider, revise
to see again, review
vergognarsi
to feel ashamed, embarassed
capitare
to end up, wind up. arrive
to happen, occur, arise, turn up
un bullo
bully, vandal, hooligan
il fsstidio
complaint, illness
annoyance, irritation
allentare
relax, slacken, loosen
la presa
the grasp, the grip, handle, hold
il riscatto
the ransom
frenare
to brake, slow down
rosicare
to gain
to nibble, to gnaw
l’indizio
clue, sign, symptom, hint
avere la situazione bene in pugno
to have the situation well in hand (fist)
leale
loyal
fair honest just
debole
weak, weary
feeble, tenuous
l’infanzia
childhood, youth
e nuovamente arrivato
to be here again
la ricorrenza
anniversary
laico
lay, secular
sereno
serene tranquil calm
sunny clear fair
il motto
motto
accaparrare
accaparrarsi
to buy out
to get to grab, obtain
qualunque cosa
anything, everything
la serratura
il luchetto
the lock
padlock
montare
to build, assemble
whip, beat (frulino)
to ride, straddle, mount
montato adj.
whipped, beaten
full of oneself, big headed
mounted
blindato
armoured
attento adj.
attentive, careful,
loving attentive
dotato di
fitted with, equipped
la carica, le cariche
charge
titoccare
to touch again,
to touch up, to adjust
scattare
to switch off, to jerk, to twitch
to photograph, shoot (a photograph)
il cardine
the hinge
galleggiante adj.
il galleggiante
floating
the float, buoy
incantato/a
enchanted
la crociera
cruise
donare
to give to offer
to suit (look right)
il brindisi
toast (cheers!)
allegro
joyous, happy, cheerful, merry
tipsy
quando sara venuto l’ora
when the time has come (lit. when the time will have come)
stare venendo a vedere
to be coming to see
timido
timid demure bashful
faint weak hesitant
il santo la santa
the saint
l’inganno
deceit, trick, scam
la retrovia
the rear, the back
affondato
sunken, sunk
il carro
tank (military)
float (in a parade)
cart waggon
irrobustire
to strengthen, build up
la disfatta
defeat, failure, debacle, collapse,
seguire
to attend (a function, class etc)
to follow etc
la bava
“light air”
saliva, drool,
addestrare
addestrarsi
to train, to coach (someone)
to train (yourself)
inviare
to send, to forward, dispatch
rimborsare
to refund, reimburse
ricuperare recuperare
to recover (an object, to retrieve, to get back
inondare
to flood (with water or light)
scatenarsi
scatenare
to rage, to unleash, go wild, le loose
to cause, to instigate, to incite
sfondare
to break, to burst through,
rilevato
observed, ascertained
sfuggire
to escape, slip away, elude
sprecare
sprecato, inutile
to waste (time or something)
wasted
il punto di rugiada
dew point
comunqie, in ogni caso, ugualmente, lo stesso
anyway
comunque, in ogni caso, come capita
anyhow
le poesie
poems & poetry
sin da
sin d’ora
sin da subito
sin dal inizio fin dal inizio
sin dall antichita
since/from the beginning, (sin does not appear to be used on its own)
from now
starting immediately
from the beginning
from ancient times, since time immemorial
lo sfondo
background
l’alba. il crepuscolo
l’alba
l’aurora
l’urora australe, l’aurora polare
l’aurora boreale
dawn,
sunrise
aurora, and sunrise and dawn
southern lights, aurora australis
aurora borealis, northern lights, polar lights
le prime luci del’alba
alle prime luci del’alba
first light
at first light
il tramonto
il crepuscolo
sunset
twilight (note Italian has twilight and first light the same)
TUTTA la settimana
all week LONG
la corte
il cortile
internal courtyard, “the (royal) court”
any courtyard, yard
avere intenzione di fare qualcosa
to have the intention to do something
si che
of course
la brezza
la leggera brezza
breeze, gust
light breeze
il nevischio
sleet
il ritratto
the potrait
cedere
to surrender, cede, give up, give in
possente
powerful, strong
bellico
il bellico
l’ombelico
military, warlike,
umbilicus, belly button (rarely used),
bellybutton, umbilicus
la squadriglia
the squadron (military aircraft)
l’omerta
code of silence (mafia origin)
la fase/i
il palco, il palcocenico
stage (step in a process)
stage (in a theatre)
e una mia abitudine (note no di)
is a habit OF mine
