Italian word archive

To carry or bring something or someone from one place to another.

A small cup of strong black coffee, or the bar/café where it is served.

To listen to someone or something, paying attention to what you hear.

Having the colour of grass or leaves; the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum.

To hold or keep something (or someone) in a particular place or state.

To open something, such as a door, a box, or a shop.

A small or large solid piece of rock; a stone. Also used in many common expressions about strength and permanence.

To get up or stand up, especially to rise from bed or from a seated position.

To be born; to come into existence or to start. Used for people, animals, ideas, and more.

To move through the air, like a bird or a plane. Also used to mean time passes very quickly.

To try something, or to feel/experience an emotion. One of the most versatile everyday verbs in Italian.

To stop moving or doing something; to come to a halt or stay in a place.

To play — whether a sport, a game, or for fun. Often used with "a" before the activity (e.g., giocare a calcio).

To remember something, or to remind someone of something.

The sea; a large body of salt water. Also used to describe the seaside as a place to visit.

To grow, either physically (getting bigger or taller) or in a broader sense (developing, improving, or becoming more mature).

To learn something, or to memorize it through study or experience.

To live; to be alive, or to spend one's life in a certain way or place.

To know a person, place, or thing through experience; to be familiar with someone or something.

The place where someone lives; a house or home.

The mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth, which people and animals breathe; also used to mean a general feeling or atmosphere of a place or situation.

To leave someone or something behind, or to let someone do something.

To feel, hear, or sense something through the body or emotions.

To build or construct something, such as a building, object, or idea.

To come back or go back to a place, person, or state you were in before.

A trip or journey from one place to another, whether short or long.

To hope or wish for something good to happen in the future.

To go up, climb, or get on (a vehicle, stairs, or a high place).

To explain something clearly so that another person can understand it.

Close in distance or relationship; nearby. As a noun, it also means a neighbor.

A word; a unit of language used to communicate meaning. Also used to mean "one's word" as a promise.

To laugh — to make sounds and movements that show you find something funny.

To write — to form words or text on a surface or screen.

To give something to someone, or to hand something over.

To move quickly on foot; to run. Also used to mean to rush or hurry somewhere.

To start or begin doing something or going somewhere.

To sleep; to be in the natural resting state where your eyes are closed and your body recovers.

To tell or narrate a story, event, or experience to someone.

To give support or assistance to someone so they can do something more easily.

Something given to another person to show kindness or celebrate an occasion; a gift or present.

To go out or leave a place, moving from inside to outside.

To change something, or to become different. It can refer to swapping one thing for another or to a shift in state.

The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.

To find something or someone; to discover or come across something, either by searching or by chance.

To carry or bring something (or someone) from one place to another.

The evening; the later part of the day after the afternoon and before night.

To make a mistake or to get something wrong.

To understand something or someone; to grasp the meaning of an idea or situation.

To look at or watch something or someone with attention.

To wait for someone or something, or to expect that something will happen.