random 7 Flashcards
essere rimasto chiuso
to get stuck (inside something)
sono rimasti chiuso dentro
they got stuck inside (a building)
essere capace di
to HAVE the capacity to
importare
to matter, to concern, to interest, to care (what you think) … to import, … to absorb, adopt, introduce
importa?
does it matter?
cosa importa
what does it matter
a ritorno dal
coming back from
mi fa piacere
i am glad …. i like it
come se
as if
essere IN televisione
to be ON television
che si metta fino a
that an end be put to (in subjunctive)
punto da vista
point of view (not only panoramic)
correre PER il bosco
to run THROUGH the woods
se n’e andato
it left (went away)
in qualita di traduttrice, come traduttrice
as a translator
mecocomeri
il cocomero
i’m impressed slang also has crude meaning ? my balls
watermelon (fruit and plant)
che c’hai
what’s up, what do you have the c’ (ce) is untranslatable, it is only thrown in to make the sound better. It is a sound only here.
non ce l’ho
I do not have it another example of ce thrown in because non l’ho would sound bad
da insegnante
AS A teacher
a fare meditazione
to meditate
pagare AL mese
to pay each month
mettere in rete
to put in goal
essere IN cammino
to be walking
il settimo cielo
seventh heaven
dirigere
to head towards to direct, to aim, to steer, to point
a lungo
for a long time
penso sia chiuso …………
penso io
i think it is closed note there is not penso che to introduce the subjunctive ………I will do it, I will take care of it
laggiu
over there
in fondo
at the end of (something physical eg a street)
fondo
deep
flettere
to conjugate
la scatola di cambio
il cambio
the transmission,
(money) change, exchange
i spiccioli, i spicci, ………….le monete, le monetine
small notes…………coins, (small) change
il resto
tenga il resto
the change (left over after payment: keep the change)
spostarsi
to move oneself
appendere
to hang, to hang up (a painting)
il germoglio
bud, sprout, shoot seed, beginning, germ, origin
il police verde
green thumb (idiom)
la pianta grassa
succulent, water retainer (cactus), fat plant
il cactus
cactus
il chiropratico
chiropracter
andare dal una persona
to go TO a person NOT from (when used with andare and when going towards a person)
dal vivo
live (as in a programme)
al volo
done easily, readily, spontaneously, quickly. with the flick of your wrist
divertente
funny (as well as entertaining)
critico
critico a cinematografica
critic
(cinema) film critic
dare da mangiare
to feed (to give to eat)
do da mangiare
i feed (something)
essere A dieta
to be ON a diet
a pesca sono a pesca, sto pescando
fishing (in the act of) i am fishing
inquietante
scary
la scoperta
the discovery (seems both are the same!)
scoperto
discovered (pp)
smettere
to stop, to desist, to cease, to quit
la concordanza
the agreement (but can refer to the agreements in the grammar of a language i.e. works as a plural as well)
la concorrenza
competition, female competitor
il/la concorrente
male or female competitor
il manganello
truncheon
il luppolo
(beer) hop/s
saltare
to hop once, to jump
saltellare
salterellare
to hop repeatedly around the place
to hop skip and jump
movimento a saltelli
rabbit’s hopping movement
saltare su
to hop in
salire su
to hop on
saltare giu
to hop off
correttamente, giustamente, bene
properly
la macchina non va correttamente
the machine is not working properly
la macchina, il macchinario, il positivo
the machine
il machinario
machine, equipment
il positivo
apparatus, device, system
tenere per mano
to hold handS nb italian uses the singular of hand
la crisi
the crisis nb the apparent plural with singular definitive article
il sambuco
elder tree, elderberry tree
la sambuca
liquor from anise (may contain elderflower but not named for it), …. historical musical instrument
estivo
summer (adjective)
perdere
to miss (an event), to loose
il suono e basso
the sound is low (on a recording)
nozze d’oro
golden wedding anniversary
FRA quattro anni
IN four years
fingere
to pretend, to fake, … to fantasize, to imagine
fingendo essere, facendo finta
pretending to be
la finta
pretence, feint
indovinare
to predict, to guess