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12: Glossary

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    (ri)conoscere

    to know; to recognize

    asilo

    nursery school

    bambole

    dolls

    certezza

    certainty

    fiabe

    fables

    giocattoli

    toys

    i capricci

    tantrums

    maestra

    elementary school teacher

    nascondino

    hide and seek

    orsacchiotti

    teddy bears

    un sacco

    a lot (figurative)

    a quadretti 

    checked

    a strisce

    striped

    alba

    dawn

    Amare

    to love

    andare

    to go

    aprire

    to open

    assaggi

    samples; tastes

    avere

    to have

    azienda

    company; business

    Babbo Natale

    Santa Claus

    bancarelle

    stands

    benestante

    well-off

    bere

    to drink

    borghese

    conventional middle class

    cadere

    to fall

    camerino

    dressing room; fitting room

    cantare

    to sing

    cantiere

    work/construction site

    capire

    to understand

    Carboidrati

    carbohydrates

    carne

    meat

    chiedere

    to ask

    chiromante

    fortune teller

    chiudere

    to close

    con il grado di sottotenente

    as sub-lieutenant

    coprono

    cover

    correre

    to run

    dare

    to give

    degustazione

    tasting

    dentifricio

    toothpaste

    dire

    to say

    dormire

    to sleep

    dovere

    to have to; must

    essere

    to be

    fare

    to do; to make

    favole

    fairy tales

    finire

    to finish

    fino ad ora

    so far

    flanella

    flannel

    giocare

    to play

    giornataccia

    a bad day; a day with awful weather

    grassetto

    bold

    guardare

    to watch; to look (at)

    il cimitero

    cemetery

    il conto

    bill; check

    il ficcanaso

    busybody

    il galeotto

    matchmaker

    il pollice

    thumb

    il ritornello

    chorus

    imperativo

    imperative

    incertezza

    uncertainty

    Innamorarsi

    to fall in love

    la caviglia

    ankle

    la colomba

    typical Easter cake in the shape of a dove

    la farfalla 

    bow tie

    la merenda

    snack

    la pappa

    mush; baby food

    la pattuglia

    patrol

    la schiena

    back

    la tuta

    sweatsuit; tracksuit; overalls

    lavori del sogno

    dream jobs

    le chiacchiere

    fritters typical of Carnival

    le discariche

    landfills

    le frittelle

    fried donuts typical of Carnival

    le increspature

    ripples

    le mimose

    mimosas (yellow flowers)

    le redini

    reins

    leggere

    to read

    liceo scientifico

    scientific high school

    mangiare

    to eat

    messa

    mass

    mettere

    to put

    Mettersi

    to put on

    morire

    to die

    nanna

    nitey-nite

    nascere

    to be born

    nascondere

    to hide

    negozio di alimentari

    grocery store

    offrire

    to offer

    opuscolo

    brochure

    ospedale

    hospital

    parlare

    to speak

    passerella 

    runway; catwalk

    perdere

    to lose

    pesce

    fish

    piacere

    to like; to be pleasing to

    piangere

    to cry

    potere

    to be able to; can

    prendere

    to take

    questura

    police station; police headquarters

    regio banchiere di sali e tabacchi

    royal banker

    ridere

    to laugh

    ridurre

    to reduce

    rimanere

    to remain

    salire

    to go up; to get on; to ascend

    sapone

    soap

    scarabocchiando

    doodling

    scartabellare

    to leaf through; to shuffle through

    scendere

    to descend; to go down; to get off

    scettico

    skeptical

    scoprite

    (you all) find out; (scoprire)

    scrivere

    to write

    Seconda Guerra Mondiale

    Second World War

    sentire

    to hear; to feel (when reflexive)

    spendere

    to spend

    spinge

    pushes

    stai scherzando

    are you joking/you are joking

    stare

    to stay

    strettissim

    very tight

    subito

    right away; immediately

    taglia

    size

    tenere

    to keep; to hold

    tessuto

    fabric

    tribunale

    courthouse; court

    troppo largh

    too big/too loose

    un pisolino

    nap

    uscire

    to go out; to exit

    vedere

    to see

    vendere

    to sell

    venire

    to come

    Vestirsi

    to get dressed

    vincere

    to win

    vivere

    to live

    volere

    to want

    vorrebbe

    would like to

     
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