Abbaglio

(prendere un abbaglio)

Blunder;

(to make a blunder);

Abbagliare

(non lasciarti abbagliare)

To dazzle, to delude;

(don't let yourself be taken in);

Dazzling, blinding;

amazing, outstanding;

1.(edificio, muro, ostacolo) to knock down;

(albero) to fell, cut down;

(sogg: vento) to bring down;

(aereo) to shoot down;

(porta) to break down;

(fig: governo) to overthrow

Abbassare

(abbassare le armi; abbassare la testa per la vergogna; abbassare la guardia)

1)To bend down, to stoop;

2) To duck;

3) To lower o.s. (to do sth - a fare);

4) To drop, fall, go down;

5) To deterioate;

1)(di edificio) demolition,(con esplosivi) blasting;

2)(di alberi) cutting down, falling;

3)(di animali) putting down;

4)econ. (di costi) lowering, reduction;

Abbandonare

(abbandonare il campo, il nave)

1) To abandon, neglect;

2) To give up;

(to retreat, abandon ship)

Abbandonarsi

(abandonare a qc/qn)

1) To let oneself go;

(to give o.s. up to sth/to put oneself in someone's hands)

Abbandano

(in abbandano, ~ in stato di abbandano)

1) desertion, abandonment;

2) giving up;

3) neglect;

(neglected, in state of neglect)

Abbellire (isc)

(Abbellirsi)

1) to make more beautiful, attractive;

2) (racconto) to embellish;

(to makes oneself more beautiful);

Abbellito

1) Ornate, ornamented, adorned;

2) Embellished;

Abasso!

(Abbasso la guerra, il re, ecc.)

Down with ~;

(Down with war, the king, etc.);

Abbracciare

(Abbracciarsi)

1) To hug;

(to hug or embrace oneself/one another)

2) To embrace, to take up;

3) To include;

1) Hug, embrace;

2) (in lettera, cartolina) love;

Abbronzare

(Abbronzarsi)

1) To tan, to bronze;

(to tan oneself)

Suntan lotion;

Avvocatura

(esercitare l'avvocatura)

Law/Legal Profession;

(to practice law);

Avvivare

(Avvivarsi)

1) To make living, to provide life to;

2) To give vigor, vivacity to, to enliven;

Avvilire

(Avvilirsi)

1) To dishearten, discourage;

2) To degrade, dishonor, debase;

3) To humiliate, to mortify;

(to loose heart, to become discouraged);

1) Discouraging, disheartening;

2) Degrading, dishonoring;

3) Humiliating, mortifying;

1) Discouraged, disheartened, depressed, dispondent, crestfallen;

2) Degraded, dishonored;

3) Humiliated, motified;

1) Discouragement, depression;

2) Debasement;

3) Humiliation;

1) To bring closer (a to);

2) To approach;

1) To approach, go/come up to;

2) (periodo, stagione) to drawn near;

3) To be similiar (to), resemble, look like;

4) To be close to (physically & mentally);

Avvicendare

(Avvicendarsi)

1) To alternate;

(to alternate);

Avviarsi

(l'estate si avvia alla fine)

1) To be about to do something/be on the point of doing something (a);

(summer is drawing to a close);

1) To advise, inform, notify, let know (di of);

2) To warn, caution;

3) (dolore, stanchezza, disagio) to feel, (odore) smell, (rumore) hear;

3) To notice (la bellezza di un quadro, l'importanza di un fatto);

Avvertenza

1) Advice (fare una ~ di qcs);

2) Caution, attention, prudence;

3) Warning, notice;

Avversare

(Avversarsi)

To be against, to oppose;

(to fight each other);

1) Opposing, enemy, rival;

2) (sport, pol) opponent, adversary,

Aversion, loathing, dislike (per - for);

Avverso

(avverso a)

1) (sorte, forze) adverse, hostile;

2) (tempo) unfavorable;

(against);

1) Adversity, conflict;

2) Adversity, difficulty, hardship, misfortune;

to confirm, validate, corroborate, support, verify;

1) to rage, be ruthless (contro - against);

2) to persist, persevere,  (a/nel fare qc - in doing something);

1) (odio) fierce;

2) (lavoratore) assiduous;

3) (tifoso, sostenitore) keen;

1) fury;

2) tenacity, perseverance;

Attimo

a moment, instant;

Attesa

(in attesa di)

Attentare (a)

(attentatore)

1) (diritti, libertà) to attack, make an attempt on;

1) attitude;

2) stance;

1) to point to/at;

2) to expose, show-up;

Afferrare

(un concetto, un'idea, signficato, occasione)

1) lovable;

2) kind, friendly, amiable;

3) (vino) sweet

Amabilità

1) to withraw, retreat;

2) to pull back, move back, step back;

1)(affettuoso) loving, affectionate;

2)(d'amore: sguardo) amorous;

3) (poesia, lettera, relazione) love attr

Affine

(affinità)

Accogliere

1)(accogliere qlcu a braccia aperte, con un bacio)

2) (ci accolse per la notte)

3) (accogliere una richiesta)

4) (accogliere una proposta, un suggerimento, le scuse di qlcu)

5)(questa sala può accogliere 500 persone)

1 to receive, to welcome (to receive s.o. with open arms, to greet (o to welcome) s.o. with a kiss);
2 (ospitare) to put up: (she put us up for the night);
3 (esaudire) to grant (to grant a request);
4 (accettare) to agree to, to agree with, to accept

  (to agree to a proposal, a suggestion, to accept s.o.'s apologies);
5 (contenere) to hold, to take (this room can hold (o take) 500 people.);

1) welcoming, friendly;

2) pleasant, cozy, comfortable;

Accoglienza

(fare una buona/cattiva accoglienza a qn)

Arsura

(Arsura Estiva)

1) A scorching heat;

2) A burning feeling in the throat;

(Summer heat)

Asservire (isc)

(asservire il bene pubblico all'interesse privato, asservire le proprie passioni)

(Asservirsi (a)

1) (popolo, animo, passioni) To enslave, subdue, subjugate, subject, subordinate, to reduce to slavery;

(to subordinate the public good to private interest, to subdue one's losses);

(to submit, to become a slave (to)

Asservimento (a)

Astuto (amente)

(una risposta astuta, una soluzione astuta, una persona astuta)

(Astutezza)

 Astute, cunning, shrewd, clever;

(a shrewd answer, a clever response, a cunning person);

Affollare

(Affollarsi)

Affogare (essere)

(Affogarsi)

Arguto

(Arguzia)

Abbozzo

(Abbozzare)

Abietto(/amente)

(Abiezione)

1) (spregevole: persona, azione) despicable, vile;

2) (squallido: condizioni) abject, appalling; 

(vileness, abjectness);

Assennato(amente)

(Assentatezza)

Affettare

(Affettato)

Affascinare

(Affascinato, Affascinante)

Angoscia

(Angoscioso)

Assottigliare

(Assottigliarsi)

Assetato

(Assetato di Potere/Sangue)

thirsty, parched;

(power hungry, blood thirsty);

Assoggettare

(Assoggettamento)

Avverarsi

(Avverato)

Accoltellare

(Accoltellamento)

Annuvolarsi

(Annuvolamento)

Annebbiare

Aspro

(Asprezza)

Aspettativa

(Contro ogni mia aspettativa, inferiore/superiore all'aspettativa, corrispondere alle/deludere le aspettative di qn, superare ogni aspettativa) 

expectation 

(against all my expectations, worse/better than expected, to come up to/fall short of one's expectations, to exceed/go beyond one's expectations)

Accorto

(Accortezza)

Accarezzare

(Accarezzamento)

Abbrutire

(Abbrutimento)

Appuntare

(Appuntarsi su)

1) to take note of, note down;

(to be focused on)

Bellicoso (/amente)

(un popolo bellicoso, un discorso bellicoso)

1) warlike, belligerent, inclined to war/struggle;

2) quarrelsome, agressive;

Abbuiare

(Abbuiarsi)

1) to darken;

2)to grow dark;

1) active, brisk, prompt, ready;

2) industrious;

3) lively, quick;

1) military, war, warlike;

2) wartime;

Belligerante

(Belligeranza)

Belligerent;

(Belligerence);

1) fit, suited, proper, right;

2)

Abbigliare

(Abbigliamento)

Appunto

(appunto!, Dicevo appunto ieri)

1) note;

2) criticism, objection, challenge;

3) exactly, just

(exactly!, I was just saying that yesterday);

Affatigare

(Affatigarsi)

Affaticato

Affatticamento

Attraversare

Attraverso

1) To bring, bear;

2) (Danno, dolore) To cause, be a source of;

Dacché

1) Worthless, inefficient, inept;

2) Trivial, petty, insignificant;

Dopodiché

Dolore

Doloroso

Crepuscolo (Crepuscolare)

(Al crepuscola) (Luce crepuscolare)

Twilight (Twilight - adj);

(At twilight) (Twilight);

Cossiché

1) So, therefore;

2) (Allora, dunque) so, thus;

Caligine (f) 

(Caliginoso)

1) Fog, haze, smog;

2) (poet.) Darkness;

(foggy, dark, obscure);

Calunniare

(Calunnia, Calunnioso, Calunniatore)

1) To slander, defame;

(Slander, Slanderous, Slanderer);

Capitolare (avere)

(Capitolazione)

To capitulate

(capitulation)

Capovolgere

1) (capovolgere il bicchiere, capovolgere una macchina)

2) (capovolgere una situazione)

1) To turn over, turn upside down, to overturn;

(to turn the glass upside down, to overturn a car);

2) To reverse, change sth completely/radically;

(to change/reverse the situation);

Capovolgimento

(capovolgimenti politici)

1) Overturning, capsizing;

2) Reversal, upset, radical change;

(political upsets);

1) Famine;

2) Scarcity, shortage;

Coinvolgere

Coinvolgente

Coinvolgimento

1) To involve, to implicate, to mix up;

2) To involve, to engross;

Costante(/mente)

Costanza

Duraturo

Durevole

Durezza

Durare

Malincuore

metà

Mentire

Molteplice

Opulento

Ovvio

Pletora

Potestà

Pressoche

Qualora

Qualsivoglia

Quandanche

Rivincita

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