30 giorni netti
Net 30

? proprio quello che ho detto
it is just what I said

A Qulacuno Piace Caldo
Some Like It Hot, 1959 film starring Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis

A.A.
A.A. (Alcolisti Anonimi)
Alcoholics Anonymous, association that organizes support groups for alcoholics

A.A.
A.A. (Anno Accademico)
academic year, college or university year

A.A.T.O.
abbreviation A.A.T.O. (Autorità Ambito Territoriale Ottimale)
Local Authority Water boards

A.G.
abbreviation A.G. (Aggregato Grosso)
(Civil Engineering) coarse aggregate

A.I.G.
A.I.G. (Associazione Italiana Alberghi per la Gioventú)
Youth Hostel Italian Association

A.R.
A.R. (Avviso di Ricevimento o di Riscossione)
acknowledgment receipt

A/R
A/R (Andata e Ritorno)
return ticket, two way ticket

AA.VV.
AA.VV. (Autori Vari)
various authors

Accesso Memoria Non-Uniforme
Non-Uniform Memory Access (Computers)

Accordo per il Libero Commercio Nord Americano
North American Free Trade Agreement

Acidi Grassi Polinsaturi
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid

Adelmo Fornaciari
Adelmo Fornaciari (Zucchero)
(1955) internationally known Italian rock singer known under the name "Zucchero"

Adriano Celentano
(1938) Italian singer songwriter actor and TV host

Aeronautica Statunitense
United States Air Force

Africa Centrale
feminine noun
Central Africa

Agente 007 - Licenza di uccidere (Dr. No)
Agente 007 - Licenza di uccidere (Dr. No)
Dr. No, 1962 James Bond film featuring Sean Connery (directed by Terence Young)

Agente di Trasferimento di Messaggio
Message Transfer Agent (Computers)

Agenzia Statunitense per lo Sviluppo Internazionale
United States Agency for International Development

Agenzia di Stampa Reuters
feminine noun
Reuters Press Agency

Agenzia per gli Accertamenti sugli Incidenti Marittimi
Marine Accidents Inquiry Agency

Agostino Gemelli
Italian priest and physician (1878-1959)

Akihito imperatore del Giappone
masculine noun
Emperor Akihito (born 1933), Emperor of Japan who acceded to the throne in 1989

Albano Carrisi
(1943) popular Italian singer and former husband of Tyrone Power's daughter Romina Power

Alessandro Del Piero
(1974) Italian footballer, great player in Juve and in the Italian National Team

Alessandro Magno
masculine noun Alessandro Magno
Alexander the Great, (356-323 BC) king of Macedonia and conqueror of the Greek city-states and the Persian empire

Alessandro Volta
(1745-1827) Italian scientist, inventor of the voltaic pile

Alleanza Nazionale
National Alliance, Italian Social Movement, MSI, created in 1994, led by Gianfranco Fini

Alzheimer tardivo
Late-onset Alzheimer's disease

Ambra grisea
feminine noun
ambergrease

America Latina
feminine noun America Latina
Latin America, South America

America borghese
feminine noun
Middle America

Ammiraglio di Flotta
Fleet Admiral, FAdm

Analisi e Discussione di Gestione
Management Discussion and Analysis

Anni Ruggenti
participle
Roaring Twenties

Annibale Barca
masculine noun
Hannibal Barca

Antico Testamento
masculine noun
Old Testament

Antille maggiori
Greater Antilles

Antonio di Pietro
Italian member of the European Parliament former senator and a magistrate in the Mani Pulite team (Politics)

Arabia Saudita
feminine noun Arabia Saudita
Saudi Arabia, kingdom occupying most of Arabia

Arancia Meccanica
Clockwork Orange, dystopian 1962 novel written by Anthony Burgess; 1971 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick adapted from the novel

Arcivescovo di Canterbury
masculine noun
Archbishop of Canterbury

Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon (1928-2014), 11th prime minister of Israel (until he was incapacitated by a stroke on January 4th 2006 and fell into a coma until his death in January 2014), held several positions as minister under different governments (served as Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Infrastructures), former general in the Israeli Defense Forces

Arma dei Carabinieri
The Carabinieri , "Arm of carabineers", Corps of carabiniers, one of the four Italian military corps assigned to public security

Artiglieria Anti-Carro
Light Anti-Armor Weapon, LAW

Assemblea dei Notabili
feminine noun
Assembly of the Notables

Assessore comunale
masculine noun Assessore comunale
town councillor, member of the town committee

Assessore regionale
masculine noun Assessore regionale
member of the district or region committee

Assi Dayan
Assi Dayan (1945-2014) Israeli film director and actor (youngest son of former Israeli general and minister of defence Moshe Dayan)

Assistenza Ufficiale di Sviluppo
Official Development Assistance

Associazione Automobilistica
Automobile Association

Associazione Internazionale degli Studenti in Scienze Economiche e Commerciali
feminine noun
Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales

Associazione Medica Britannica
British Medical Association

Associazione Nazionale Case Discografiche
National Music Publisher's Association

Associazione Ricerca di Mercato
Marketing Research Association, MRA

Atollo Pikinni
masculine noun
Bikini Atoll

Atti degli Apostoli
acts of the apostles

Atto di Affrancamento
Release Deed

Autoesame del seno
breast self-examination

Autorità Ambito Territoriale Ottimale
abbreviation Autorità Ambito Territoriale Ottimale (A.A.T.O.)
Local Authority Water boards

Autorità Nazionale della Palestina
Palestinian National Authority

Autorità d'Ambito Territoriale Ottimale
Local Authority Water boards

Azoto Ureico nel Sangue
blood urea nitrogen

B'rith
B'rith, part of the name "B'nei B'rith"

BAC multiplo
(Medicine) multiple coronary artery bypass graft

Bacillo di Koch
mycobacterium tuberculosis, MTB

Baia di Biscaglia
feminine noun
Bay of Biscay

Baia di Bristol
feminine noun
Bristol Bay

Balla coi Lupi
Dances with Wolves,1990 Academy Award-winning film directed by and starring Kevin Costner

Ballo di San Vito
St. Vitus's dance

Banca Online
Internet banking

Banda dei Quattro
Gang of Four

Bari Vecchia
the Old City in Bari, one of the largest cities in southern Italy, picturesque maze of narrow lanes churches and buildings from Byzantine and Medieval times

Battaglia del Mar dei Coralli
feminine noun
Battle of the Coral Sea

Battaglia di Antietam
feminine noun
Battle of Sharpsburg

Battaglia di Didgori
feminine noun
Battle of Didgori

Battaglia di Hastings
feminine noun
Battle of Hastings

Bolla Papale
feminine noun
Papal bull

Borsa Valori di Londra
the House (Stock Exchange)

Borsa del grano
wheat pit (Stock Exchange)

Borsa di New York
New York Stock Exchange

Borsa merci
commodity exchange (Stock Exchange)

Borsa valori
Stock Exchange, Change (Stock Exchange)

Brigate rosse
feminine noun Brigate rosse
Red Brigades, ultra-leftist group of terrorists in Italy

Buon Natale
Merry Christmas, Merry Xmas

C.A.C.
abbreviation C.A.C. (Cemento Armato Centrifugato)
(Construction) centrifuged cast concrete

C.A.P.
abbreviation C.A.P. (Calcestruzzo Armato Precompresso)
(Construction) prestressed concrete

C.A.V.
abbreviation C.A.V. (Cemento Armato Vibrato)
(Construction) reinforced concrete, vibrated concrete

Calendario Repubblicano
Revolutionary calendar

Calendario Repubblicano Francese
French Republican Calendar

Camera Universale della Giustizia
Universal House of Justice

Camera dei Comuni
House of Commons, elective lower house of Parliament (Great Britain)

Camera dei Deputati
chamber of deputies, lower house of parliament (in the Italian government)

Camera dei Lords
House of Lords, nonelective house of the British Parliament

Camera dei Rappresentanti
House of Representatives, lower branch of a legislature

Camera del Lavoro
Trade Union headquarters

Camera di Commercio
board of trade; (British) chamber of commerce

Campagna di Gallipoli
Gallipoli Campaign, April 1915 attack on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli by Allied forces from Britain Australia and New Zealand

Campionato di Lavoro Italiano
Italian Working Breed Championships

Canale della Moda
Fashion TV, FTV

Cancelliere dello Scacchiere
Chancellor of Exchequer

Canto della Sirena
Song of the Mermaid, piano piece composed by C.M. Weber

Carcinoma Duttale In Situ
ductal carcinoma in situ, DCIS

Carcinoma basocellulare
Basal cell carcinoma

Carta Utilizzazione Agricola del Suolo
abbreviation Carta Utilizzazione Agricola del Suolo (CUAS)
Agricultural Land Use Map

Carte del Pentagono
Pentagon Papers

Casa delle Libertà
Italian right-wing party alliance headed by Silvio Berlusconi

Castore e Polluce
masculine noun
Castor and Pollux (Greek mythology)

Caterina la Grande
feminine noun
Catherine the Great

Catone il Censore
masculine noun
Cato the Censor

Catone il Giovane
masculine noun
Cato the Younger

Catone il Vecchio
masculine noun
Cato the Elder

Cattedrale di Torino
Turin Cathedral

Cav.
Cav. (Cavaliere)
Kt., Knight (honorary nonhereditary rank)

Cavalcata di Mezzanotte
feminine noun
Midnight Ride (American History)

Cedi ghanese
masculine noun
Ghanaian cedi, unit of currency of Ghana

Centro Commerciale Mondiale
World Trade Center, WTC, complex of of seven office buildings in Manhattan (New York, USA) that included a pair of 110-story twin skyscrapers which were among the largest in the world and were known as the "twin towers" (on September 11th, 2001, two hijacked planes crashed into the twin towers causing them to fall to the ground)

Centro di Studi Internazionali e Strategici
Center for Strategic & International Studies, CSIS

Centro per il Controllo delle Malattie
Center for Disease Control, CDC

Chiave USB
USB drive, DiskOnKey®, flash drive

Chiesa Anglicana
the Anglican Church, the English Church

Chiesa Cattolica
the Catholic Church, the Roman Church

Chiesa Militante
the Church Militant

Chiesa Occidentale
Western Church

Chiesa Protestante
the Protestant church

Chiesa Riformata
Reformed Church

Chirurgia Micrografica Mohs
Mohs Micrographic Surgery

Christian Vieri
(1973) Italian football player, a striker now playing in the club AC Milan and the Italian national team

Cibo Pronto,cibi pronti
MRE,Meal Ready-to-Eat

Cielo e Terra
Heaven and Earth, dramatic poem written in 1822 by Lord Byron

Cinque Colonne
Five Pillars

Cinque Colonne dell'Islam
Five Pillars of Islam

Città Eterna
Rome, eternal city

Città Giardino
Garden City

Città Santa
Holy City, Jerusalem

Città dei Ponti
City of Bridges, Bruges

Città del Capo
feminine noun
Cape Town

Città del Vaticano
Vatican City, independent state located within the city of Rome and ruled by the pope

Codice Da Vinci
masculine noun
The Da Vinci Code

Codice di Hammurabi
Code of Hammurabi

Codice di Sicurezza della Carta
Card Security Code (CVV)

Colli Euganei
Euganean Hills

Colore Sequenziale con Memoria
Sequential Couleur à Mémoire, one of the three primary standards for television broadcasts (used primarily in France, the Middle East and Eastern Europe)

Comando della Difesa Aerospaziale del Nord America
North American Aerospace Defense Command

Comando di Difesa Aerospaziale Nord Americana
North American Aerospace Defense Command

Comitato del Parlmaneto
House Committee, committee formed by the Parliament for dealing with particular issues

Comitato sulle Lingue dei Sistemi di Dati
Conference on Data Systems Languages, CODASYL

Comm.
Commendatore, Italian honorific title

Commissione Economica per l'Asia e l'Estremo Oriente
Economic Commission for Asia & the Far East, ECAFE

Commissione Statunitense per l'Energia Atomica
United States Atomic Energy Commission

Commissione per la Ricerca Medica
Medical Research Council, MRC

Commonwealth delle Nazioni
Commonwealth of Nations

Compagnia Britannica dell'India Orientale
British East India Company

Condizione di Difesa
Defense Condition, DEFCON

Conducente di Motoveicolo
Motor Vehicle Operator, MVO

Confederazione Internazionale dei Sindacati Autonomi
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, ICFTU

Conferenza Europea delle Poste e Telecomunicazioni
Conference Européenne des Postes et des Télécommunications, CEPT

Conferenza Nazionale per la Sicurezza dei Sistemi d'Informazione
feminine noun
National Information Systems Security Conference(Computers)

Congregazione delle Missioni
Congregation of the Mission, Lazarists, Lazarites

Connessione Banca di Dati Aperto
Open Database Connectivity

Consigliere della Regina
Queen's Counsel

Consiglio Regionale
masculine noun Consiglio Regionale
collective organ elected every five years which decides on political regional issues

Consiglio dei Consulenti Economici
Council of Economic Advisors

Consiglio di Amministrazione
board of directors

Consiglio per la Sicurezza dei Trasporti Nazionali
National Transportation Safety Board

Consulente per la Sicurezza Nazionale
National Security Advisor

Continente Nero
Black Continent, Africa

Controllo della Qualità
masculine noun
Quality Assurance

Convenzione Nazionale Repubblicana
Republican National Convention

Convenzione Quadro sui Cambiamenti Climatici
Framework Convention on Climate Change, FCCC

Convenzione del partito Democratico
Democratic National Convention

Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sui Cambiamenti Climatici
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC

Coordinatore Lavori di Disciplina
site preparation coordinator

Cornelio Nepote
masculine noun
Cornelius Nepos, (100-25 BC), Roman biographer and historian

Corpo Volontari per la Pace
Peace Corps

Corpo dei Marines degli Stati Uniti
United States Marine Corps

Corsa Californiana all'Oro
California Gold Rush

Corso d'Acqua Navigabile Intracostiero
Intracoastal Waterway, ICW

Corte dei Conti
Audit Office, State Auditors' Department

Costa d'Oro
Gold Coast

Costo e Nolo
masculine noun
Cost and Freight

Crepuscolo degli Dei
(German) Gotterdammerung, "Twilight of the Gods", ultimate destruction of German gods following a battle with evil (Germanic mythology)

Croce Rossa
Red Cross, international relief organization

Croce Rossina
Red Cross nurse, Red Crosser

Croce Verde Internazionale
Green Cross International

Cuore di Tenebra
Heart of Darkness, short novel written by Joseph Conrad in 1902

D'Alema
D'Alema, family name; Massimo D'Alema, (born in 1949) leader of the " PDS" or left democratic party, Premier from 1998 to 2000

D'Annunzio
masculine noun D'Annunzio
Gabriele D'Annunzio, (1863-1938) Italian poet and dramatist very active during fascism

D.L.
abbreviation D.L. (Direttore dei Lavori)
Director of Works

D.LL
abbreviation D.LL (Direzione Lavori)
Management of works

D.M.
D.M. (Deutsche Mark)
D.M., German mark, former unit of currency in Germany

Dalia is HERE
ala perdente|ale perdenti (Construction) soakaway pit, soakaway trench

Dalia is here
intonaco cartellato|intonaci cartellati(Construction) detached plaster

Danno alla Spina Dorsale
Spinal Cord injury

Danza dei Fantasmi
Ghost Dance Native American dance performed to summon the dead and invoke the restoration of native lands and traditional ways of life (common during the late 19th century)

Davide il Costruttore
David the Builder, David IV (1073-1125), king of Georgia from 1089 to 1125 who overpowered the Turks in 1122 in the Battle of Didgori and captured Tbilisi

De Curtis
masculine noun De Curtis
Totò, Antonio De Curtis better known as Totò

De Filippo
masculine noun De Filippo
Peppino De Filippo, (1903-1980) great Italian actor and playwright, created the comic character "Pappagone"

De Sica
masculine noun De Sica
Vittorio De Sica (1901-1974), great Italian director of the neorealist cinema, "Sciuscià" "Ladri di biciclette " and "La ciociara" are among his masterpieces

Decreto Ministeriale
Ministerial Decree

Decreto Presidente Repubblica
Decreto Presidente Repubblica (DPR)
Decree by the President of the Republic

Del Piero
Alessandro Del Piero

Delitto e Castigo
masculine noun
Crime and Punishment, famous Russian novel written by Fëdor Dostoevskij in 1866

Democrazia Cristiana
feminine noun Democrazia Cristiana
Christian Democratic party of Italy, DC, the largest party in the Italian parliament from 1948 until 1992

Design nella Sperimentazione
Design of Experiments

Diabete Mellito Gestazionale
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, GDM

Diana Principessa del Galles
Diana Princess of Wales, Lady Diana Spencer (1961-1997)

Dinastia Capetingia
Capetian dynasty, Frankish dynasty founded by Hugh Capet

Dino Meneghin
(1950) best Italian and European basketball player for decades

Dino Zoff
(1942) Italian legendary football goalkeeper, captain of the Italian football team in various World Cup competitions

Dio ce ne guardi!
God forbid!, Heaven forbid!

Dio li fa e poi li accoppia
birds of a feather flock together, people who are alike tend to stick together

Dio padre
God the father

Dipartimento Alloggi Popolari e Sviluppo Urbano
masculine noun
Department of Housing and Urban Development

Dipartimento Soccorso Pubblico
Emergency Service Department

Dipartimento dei Motoveicoli
masculine noun
Department of Motor Vehicles

Dipartimento dei Servizi Sanitari e Assistenziali
masculine noun
Department of Health and Human Services

Dipartimento dell'Energia
masculine noun
Department of Energy

Direttore Tecnologico
masculine and feminine noun
Chief Technology Officer

Direttore di Progetto
masculine noun
Project Manager

Direzione Lavori
Management of works

Discussione e Analisi di Gestione
Management Discussion and Analysis, MD&A

Disfida di Barletta
Barletta combat, Barletta's challenge, in a.D. 1503 thirteen Italian knights challenged and defeated thirteen French knights, they avenged the insult by the French captain who had accused the Italians of cowardliness

Dispositivo di Telecomunicazione per Non Udenti
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, TDD

Distruzione Reciproca Assicurata
Mutual Assured Destruction

Disturbo dissociativo dell'Identità
(Psychology) Dissociative Identity Disorder

Dolce Stil Novo
poetry school started in Bologna in the late thirteenth century

Dollaro Statunitense
masculine noun
United States Dollar, USD

Domenica delle Palme
Palm Day

Dottorato in Musica
doctor of music, MusD

Dottore in Chirurgia
Chirurgiae Magister, ChM

Dottore in Giurisprudenza
masculine noun
Doctor of Jurisprudence

Dottore in Lettere
Ph.d,doctor of philosophy

Dottore in Musica
MusD, doctor of music

Dottore in Scienze
master of science, MSC

Effemeridi Nautiche
Nautical Almanac (Nautical)

Egr.
dear, Esq, courtesy title placed after the family name (U.K. - used by anyone considered a gentleman; U.S. - used by lawyers)

El dorado
Dorado, El Dorado, legendary city full of treasure in South America

El'arish
El-Arish, tourist town in the northeastern part of the Sinai desert

Elaborazione di Lingua Naturale
Natural Language Processing

Emilio Gino Segrè
(1905 - 1989) Italian physicist winner in 1959 of the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the antiproton

Emma Bonino
(1948) Italian politician and secretary of the Italian Radical Party since 1983

Emofilia B
feminine noun
(Haematology) Hemophilia B

Enrico Berlinguer
(1922 - 1984) Italian politician and leader of the Communist Party from 1972 to his death

Enrico Fermi
Italian physicist (1901-1954)

Enzo Maiorca
(1931) holder of 13 world records in free diving

Epoca del Pleistocene
feminine noun
Pleistocene Epoch

Era Cenozoica
feminine noun
Cenozoic era

Era Paleozoica
Paleozoic era

Eros Ramazzotti
(1963) internationally known Italian singer

Esercito dei Confederati
Confederate Army

Esperienza out of the box
OOBE,Out Of the Box Experience

Estensioni di Gestione Java
Java Management Extensions, JMX

Estremo Oriente
masculine noun Estremo Oriente
Far East, region which includes the countries of eastern Asia (such as China, Japan, Korea, etc.)

Europa Orientale
feminine noun Europa Orientale
Eastern Europe

F.O.
abbreviation F.O. (Fornitura & Opera)
supply and installation

F.lli
F.lli (fratelli)
Brothers

FF.AA.
FF.AA. (Forze Armate)
armed forces, military forces

Fabrizio de André
(1940-1999) greatest Italian songwriter and singer author of celebrated and beloved songs like, "La canzone di Marinella"

Facile digiuno
Have an easy fast

Fascia Oraria delle Montagne
Mountain Time Zone, Mountain Zone

Fausto Bertinotti
(1940) Italian politician and leader of the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista.

Fausto Coppi
(1919-1960) legendary figure in the Italian and world road racing, twice winner of the Tour de France and for five times of the Giro d'Italia

Ferito in Azione
Wounded In Action

Festa di Resurrezione
Feast of the Resurrection

Festa di Tutti i Santi
All Saints day, all hallows

Fiamma Olimpica
feminine noun
Olympic Flame, Olympic Torch

Figli dell'Amore
Children of Love, Family of Love

Figlie della Rivoluzione Americana
Daughters of the American Revolution

Fiume delle Amazzoni
masculine noun
Amazon River

Foglio di Dati sulla Sicurezza di un Prodotto
Material Safety Data Sheet, MSDS

Fondo Monetario Internazionale
International Monetary Fund, IMF

Forestale dello Stato
(Agriculture) State Forestry Unit

Formattazione per Definizione di Canale
Channel Definition Format, CDF

Forum Economico Mondiale
World Economic Forum, WEF

Forza Italia
"Come on Italy", Italian political party founded in 1993 by Silvio Berlusconi

Forze del Commonwealth
Commonwealth Forces

Forze di Difesa Israeliane
Israel Defense Force

Forze di Spedizione Britanniche
British Expeditionary Forces

Francesco Totti
(1976) Italian football player now in the club AS Roma and the Italian national team

Franco Battiato
(1945) Italian singer and songwriter

Fratelli Grimm
Brothers Grimm, Jakob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859), German philologists who collected and published German fairy tales

Fred Buscaglione
(1921-1960) very popular Italian singer in late 1950s

Frigo T.N.
frigo T.N. (frigo temperatura normale)
normal temperature refrigeration

Fronte di Liberazione Nazionale
masculine noun
National Liberation Front

Fronte di Liberazione della Palestina
PLF,Palestine Liberation Front

Funzionario capo
masculine noun
Chief Operating Officer

Fëdor Michajlovic Dostoevskij
Fyodor Dostoevski

Galileo Galilei
Italian mathematician and astronomer who perfected the refracting telescope, he was obliged by the Inquisition to abjure his theories to avoid condemnation for heresy (1564-1642)

Generazione Beat
feminine noun
Beat Generation

Genghis Khan
masculine noun Genghis Khan
Genghis, Genghis Khan (1162-1227), founder of the Mongolian empire

Genio Civile
civil engineers, provincial infrastructure department

Gent.
Gent. (Gentile)
dear, Esq, courtesy title placed after the family name (U.K. - used by anyone considered a gentleman; U.S. - used by lawyers)

Gent.mo
Gent.mo (Gentilissimo)
dear, Esq, courtesy title placed after the family name (U.K. - used by anyone considered a gentleman; U.S. - used by lawyers)

Geometria Analitica
feminine noun
Coordinate Geometry

Geometria Coordinata
masculine noun
Coordinate Geometry

Gestione delle Risorse Umane
HR management

Gestore della Rete di Trasmissione Nazionale
Gestore della Rete di Trasmissione Nazionale (GRTN)
Operator of the National Transmission Grid

Gianfranco Fini
(1952) Italian politician and leader of the left-wing party National Alliance, current Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister

Gianni Agnelli
(1921-2003) industrialist, creator and developer of the giant Italian car company Fiat

Giglio martagone
masculine noun
Turk's-cap lily, Lilium martagon

Giochi Olimpici Invernali
Olympic Winter Games

Giordano Bruno
Italian philosopher, astronomer and occultist executed as a heretic by the Church (1548-1600)

Giorno Nazionale della Preghiera
National Day of Prayer

Giorno del Signore
Day of the Lord

Girolamo Savonarola
(1452 - 1498) Italian Dominican priest and fanatic religous reformer, excommunicated by Pope Julius II in 1498, he was hanged and burned

Giunta Regionale
feminine noun Giunta Regionale
collective organ running policy financial and administrative issues in a region

Gli Ammutinati del Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty, book by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall; 1935 film

Gore-Tex
Gòre-Tex^®
trademark of a breathable water-repellant fabric used in outdoor clothing and sportswear (including high durability boots and shoes)

Gran Cancelliere
Lord Chancellor, highest judicial official in Britain

Grande Fratello
Big Brother

Grappoli di Odio
Grapes of Wrath

Gruppo Operazioni Speciali
Special Operations Group

Guardia Nazionale
National Guard, type of military/police force that maintains public order in times of crisis

Guardiacostiera degli Stati Uniti
United States Coast Guard

Guerra Messicana
feminine noun
Mexican War

Guerra dei Sette Anni
Seven Years' War (1756-1763)

Guerra del Pacifico
Pacific War

Guerra della Regina Anna
Queen Anne's War

Guerra di Crimea
feminine noun
Crimean War

Guerra di Troia
feminine noun
Trojan War (Greek Mythology)

Guerre Francesi e Indiane
French and Indian Wars

Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi, (1874-1937) Italian electrical engineer and physicist, inventor of radio communication, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909

Guiana francese
French Guiana

Guida galattica per gli autostoppisti
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, science fiction comedy series that was created by Douglas Adams that started as broadcast in 1978 on BBC Radio and has been adapted to television show and others (stage, books, comics, etc.)

Hong Kong
masculine noun Hong Kong
Hong Kong

I Diamanti sono per Sempre
Diamonds are Forever, 1971 James Bond film featuring Sean Connery

I Soprani
The Sopranos, United States T.V. drama about a fictional Italian-American Mafia family who lives in New Jersey (USA)

Il Globo
masculine noun
The Globe

Il Nocciolo della Questione
The Heart of the Matter, novel written in 1948 by Graham Greene

Il Pezzo più Significativo
Most Significant Bit

Il Richiamo della Foresta
The Call of the Wild, short novel written by Jack London in 1903 about "Buck" a domesticated dog fleeing to the wild after his master was killed

Il Suono e la Furia
The Sound and the Fury, The Sound and the Fury

Ill.mo
Most Illustrious

Impero Celeste
masculine noun
Celestial Empire

Incoronata Concezione
feminine noun Incoronata Concezione
Virgin Mary, Holy Virgin

India Britannica
British India

Indiani Pueblo
Pueblo Indians

Indiano Nord Americano,Indana Nord American,Indani Nord Americani,Indiane Nord Americane
adjective
North American Indian

Indice di Massa Corporea
BMI, Body Mass Index

Informazione Commerciale
Business Information, BI, information technology that is applied to business

Inglese Americano
United States English

Inglese Medio
Middle English, form of the English language which was used from c.1100 to c.1500 (language of Chaucer)

Inglese come Lingua Straniera
English as a Foreign Language, EFL

Internet café
Internet café, cybercafé

Iscrizione Albo Costruttori
Public Registy of Builders

Islam sciita
Shi'ite Islam, Shia Islam

Isola di Natale
Christmas Island

Isole Fær Øer
Isole Fær Øer
Faroe Islands, group of islands located in the northern Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain and Iceland which are a Danish territory; self-governing colony possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands

Isole Mariana
feminine noun
Mariana Islands

Istituto Europeo degli Standard nelle Telecomunicazioni
European Telecommunications Standards Institute

Istituto delle Nazioni Unite sulla Formazione e la Ricerca
United Nations Institute for Training and Research, UNITAR

Istituto per la Sicurezza Informatica
Computer Security Institute, CSI

Istituto tecnologico della California
California Institute of Technology, Caltech

L'Aia
feminine noun L'Aia
The Hague, seat of the government of The Netherlands

L'Aquila
feminine noun L'Aquila
capital city of the Italian region Abruzzi on the Pescara river

L'Aretino
Pietro l'Aretino, (1492-1556) Italian narrator of the sixteenth century

L'Avana
feminine noun L'Avana
Havana, capital city and port of Cuba located on the Gulf of Mexico

L'Età dell'Innocenza
The Age of Innocence, 1920 novel written by Edith Wharton

La Buona Terra
The Good Earth, novel written by Pearl Buck that was published in 1931 telling the story of Wang Lung and his family

La Grande Esibizione
The Great Exhibition

La Grande Peste
Black Plague

La Montagna Magica
The Magic Mountain, novel written by Thomas Mann and first published in 1924

La Regina Anna è morta
Queen Anne is Dead

La Sfinge
The Sphinx, The Sphinx of Giza

La Spezia
feminine noun La Spezia
La Spezia, important military and commercial harbour in Liguria

La mia Antonia
My Antonia, novel written by Willa Cather in 1918

Lacrime di Giobbe
feminine noun
(Botany) Job's Tears, adlay

Lady di Ferro
Lady di Ferro

Latino volgare
masculine noun
Vulgar Latin

Laura Pausini
(1974) Italian pop singer famous in Italy and in other Latin countries

Laurea in Diritto Civile
Master of Civil Law, MCL

Laurea in Discipline Umanistiche
Master of Philosophy, MPhil

Laurea in Lettere
BLitt, Baccalaureus Litterarum

Laurea in Lettere
Master of Letters, MLitt

Laurea in Pedagogia
Master of Education, Ed.M.

Laurea in Scienze Infermieristiche
Master of Science in Nursing, MSN

Laureato in Chirurgia
Chirurgiae Baccalaureus, ChB

Laureato in Discipline Umanistiche
MPhil, Master of Philosophy

Laureato in Legge
Bachelor of Laws, Latin Legum Baccalaureus

Laureato in Musica
MMus, Master of Music

Le Alpi
the Alps

Le Avventure di Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio

Le Mogli di Stepford
The Stepford Wives, 1972 novel written by Ira Levin (in which the men of Stepford replaced their wives with robots)

Lega Nord
feminine noun Lega Nord
Northern League, Italian party advocating autonomy for a part of Northern Italy they call Padania, founded in 1989 by Umberto Bossi

Legge per la Protezione Eugenetica
Eugenic Protection Law

Legge sulla Decenza nelle Comunicazioni
Communications Decency Act

Legione straniera
French Foreign Legion

Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini

Libro Guinness dei Record Mondiali
Guinness World Records

Libro di Salomone
masculine noun
Book of Wisdom, Wisdom of Solomon

Lingua Occidentale
Occidental language

Linguaggio di Modellazione Unificato
Unified Modeling Language (Computers)

Lira Britannica
Great Britain Pound, GBP

Loredana Bertè
popular Italian singer, experimented different genres from rock to reggae from funk to pop

Los Angeles
masculine noun Los Angeles
Los Angeles, large city and seaport on the southwestern coast of California (USA)

Luigi Galvani
Italian physician and physicist (1737-1798)

Lysteria monocytogenes
listeria monocytogenes,L. monocytogenes

MP3
MP3, computer file that contains compressed digital audio data used to transmit music over the Internet

Macrolepiota procera
masculine noun
parasol mushroom

Magnifico Rettore
masculine noun Magnifico Rettore
Rector of the University

Malattia MacroVascolare
MacroVascular Disease, MVD, disease of the large blood vessels which is induced after being a long-time diabetes patient (three types of this disease are coronary, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular disease)

Manettia luteorubra
Brazilian firecracker

Mani Pulite
Clean Hands, team of Italian magistrates that investigated on political corruption in 1992 (Politics)

Mano d'Opera Palestinese
Palestinian labor force

Mar Bianco
masculine noun
White Sea

Mar Ligure
masculine noun
Ligurian Sea

Mar Morto
masculine noun Mar Morto
Dead Sea, inland body of salt water located on the border of Israel and Jordanlowest place on the face of the earth

Mar Nero
masculine noun Mar Nero
Black Sea, sea that borders with Turkey Bulgaria Rumania Ukraine and Georgia

Mar Rosso
masculine noun Mar Rosso
Red Sea, sea located between the African and the Arabian peninsula

Mar dei Coralli
Coral Sea

Marcia di un Milione di Uomini
Million Man March

Marco Pannella
(1930) Italian politician and historical leader of the Radical party founded in 1955

Marco Pantani
(1970-2004) great Italian cyclist winner of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia in 1998

Marco Porcio Catone
masculine noun
Marcus Porcius Cato

Marco Tullio Cicerone
masculine noun
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Mare Mediterraneo
masculine noun Mare Mediterraneo
Mediterranean Sea, sea located between Europe Africa and the Middle East

Maria Montessori
(1870-1952) Italian doctor and educator, invented a method of education emphasizing freedom of movement and the training of the senses

Mario Cipollini
(1967) Italian cyclist, retired Italian cyclist known as a skilled sprinter

Marketing su Motori di Ricerca
Search Engine Marketing

Massacro di Boston
masculine noun
Boston Massacre

Max Biaggi
(1971) Italian MotoGP racer

Medaglia Presidenziale della Libertà
Medal of Freedom

Medaglia per Distinzione sul Lavoro
feminine noun
Medal of Distinguished Service

Medicago sativa
Medicago, genus of herbaceous plants similar to the clover (Botany)

Medio Oriente
masculine noun Medio Oriente
Middle East, Near East, countries in southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa

Membro del Collegio Reale dei Medici Veterinari
masculine noun
Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, MRCVS

Membro del Consiglio Legislativo
masculine noun
Member of the Legislative Council

Membro del Parlamento Europeo
Member of the European Parliament

Membro dell'Assemblea Nazionale
Member of the National Assembly, MNA

Menu di Avvio
Start Menu

Mike Bongiorno
legendary presenter at the Italian Tv

Min.
minister; department, government office

Ministero Statunitense per l'Agricultura
United States Department of Agriculture

Ministero degli Interni
the Interior, Home Affairs

Ministero del Commercio
masculine noun
Department of Commerce

Ministero dell'Agricoltura Pesca e Alimenti
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food, MAFF

Ministero della Pubblica Istuzione
masculine noun
Department of Education

Ministero della Sicurezza Pubblica
Minister of Public Security

Ministro della Sanità
masculine noun
Ministry of Health

Missile Balistico a Media Gittata
Medium-Range Ballistic Missile, MRBM

Mississippi in Fiamme
Mississippi Burning, 1988 film about the murder of three civil rights activists during the 1960s (starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe)

Mithradates VI Eupatore
masculine noun
Mithradates VI Eupator

Mitridate il Grande
masculine noun
Mithridates the Great

Modulazione Codificata di Impulsi
PCM,Pulse Code Modulation

Mohs Scale of Hardness
Mohs Micrographic Surgery

Monaci Neri
Black Monks

Montagne Rocciose Canadesi
Canadian Rockies

Morbo di Ayerza
masculine noun
Ayerza's disease

Mostra del Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace Exhibition

Museo della Tolleranza
Museum of Tolerance

Nascita di una Nazione
Birth of a Nation, 1915 film portraying two American families during the Civil War era (directed by D.W. Griffith)

Nazione dell'Islam
Nation of Islam

New York
New York, state in the northeastern United States; major city and port in southeastern N.Y. state

Nomenclatura Internazionale Ingredienti di Cosmetici
International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients, INCI

Non so se venire o andare
I don't know whether I'm coming or going

Nord America
masculine noun Nord America
North America, continent in the northern part of the Western Hemisphere

Nota Informativa
Manufacturer's Instructions

Nota d'Intesa
feminine noun
Memorandum of Understanding, MOU

Notifica di Ingorgo
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification (Telecommunications)

Nuova Inghilterra
feminine noun Nuova Inghilterra
New England, region in the northeast United States

Ode a Sion
Ode to Zion,poem written by Judah HaLevi in the 12th century

Oh Dio!
interjection
God!, Gawd! (exclamation used to express surprise, fear, etc.)

Olimpiadi Invernali
Winter Olympics

Operazione Spazio
Moonraker, 1979 James Bond film

Ora Legale dell'Europa centrale
Central European Daylight Time

Ora dell'Europa Centrale
Central European Time

Ordine dei Benedettini
masculine noun
Benedictine order

Ordine dei Domenicani
Dominican Order

Ordine dei Predicatori
Dominican Order

Ordine di Affiliazione
affiliation order

Ordine di Lavoro Aggiornato
Modification Work Order, MWO

Ordine di Predicatori
Order of Preachers

Orecchio Naso e Gola
Ear Nose & Throat

Organizzazione Nazionale delle Donne
National Organization of Women

Orgoglio e Pregiudizio
Pride and Prejudice, novel written by Jane Austen and published in 1813

Orogenesi Caledoniana
Caledonian orogeny, formation of mountains event which took place during the Silurian and Devonian Periods of the Palaeozoic Era (this formation was recorded in the mountains of northern England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and west Norway)

Oscillatore ad Onde Multiple
Multiple Wave Oscillator, MWO

Ottimizzazione dei Motori di Ricerca
Search Engine Optimization

P.I.
P.I. (partita IVA)
VAR Registration Number

P.zza
P.zza (piazza)
square, open area in a town or city, plaza

P/L
level crossing, railroad crossing

PSd'A
PSd'A (Partito Sardo d'Azione)
Sardinian political party

PVC a sguscio
(Construction) PVC floor with a cove base

Pacifico Nordoccidentale
Pacific Northwest

Padda oryzivora
Java sparrow

Padre Nostro
Lord's prayer

Paese Alternativo
alt-country, alternative country (style of country music)

Paesi Baschi
Basque country

Paolo Bettini
(1974) Italian road cyclist made famous by his attack and sprinting style

Paolo Conte
(1937) famous Italian singer

Parlamento Europeo Giovani
European Youth Parliament, EYP

Partito Nazionale
National Party

Partito Nazionale Britannico
British National Party, BNP

Pasqua di resurrezione
feminine noun Pasqua di resurrezione
Easter, Christian festival commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ

Pasqua ebraica
feminine noun Pasqua ebraica
Passover, Pesach, Jewish holiday celebrating the Jews' exodus from slavery in Egypt

Pater Noster
Lord's prayer

Penisola Araba
Arabian Peninsula

Penisola Iberica
feminine noun
Iberian Peninsula

Pesce d'Aprile
April Fools'Day

Piano Strutturale Comunale
Piano Strutturale Comunale (PSC)
Municipal Strategic Plan

Piano Urbanistico Esecutivo
Approved Urban Plan

Piano per la Sicurezza e il Coordinamento
Piano per la Sicurezza e il Coordinamento (PSC)
Coordination and Safety Plan

Piccole Donne
masculine noun
Little Women

Pierferdinando Casini
(1955) Italian politician, current President of the Chamber of Deputies, in 1993 he was among the founders of the Christian Democratic Centre party now callled UDC

Piero Fassino
(1949) secretary of the Democrats of the Left, (DS) the major opposition party at the Italian parliament

Pietro Mennea
(1952) Italian athlete and sprinter who held the 200 m world record for 17 years

Piramo e Tisbe
(Mythology) Pyramus and Thisbe

Plasma Quark-Gluone
quark gluon plasma, new form of matter in which freely propagating quarks and gluons exist in the plasma

Plinio il Giovane
masculine noun
Pliny the Younger

Plinio il Vecchio
masculine noun
Pliny the Elder

Polinesia francese
French Polynesia

Polizia Militare
feminine noun
MP,Military Police

Polo delle Libertà
political coalition headed by Silvio Berlusconi (Politics)

Pontefice Romano
masculine noun
Roman pontiff

Ponzio Pilato
masculine noun
Pontius Pilate (c. AD 25-AD 36), Roman procurator of Judea who condemned Jesus to crucifixion

Posta Elettronica Internazionale
International Electronic Post, INTELPOST

Potenze Centrali
numeral
Central Powers

Potenze dell'Asse
Axis Powers, military forces that fought against the Allies during World War II (Japan, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania)

Predatori dell'Arca Perduta
Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981 film starring Harrison Ford

Preg.
Preg. (pregiato)
esteemed, honorable (in a letter)

Premio Arco di Trionfo
masculine noun
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

Premio Emmy
Emmy Award, award given for excellence and achievements within various areas of the television industry (in the USA)

Premio Golden Globe
Golden Globe Award

Presidente della Repubblica
masculine noun
President of the Italian Republic

Prezzo al Dettaglio Proposto dal Produttore
Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price, MSRP

Primo Testamento
masculine noun
Old Testament

Principessa Ebrea Americana
feminine noun
Jewish-American Princess

Prodotto Massimo Sostenibile
Maximum Sustainable Yield, MSY

Prodotto Nazionale Lordo
Gross Domestic Product, GDP

Prof.
Prof. (professore)
professor, university instructor

Programma di Sviluppo delle Nazioni Unite
United Nations Development Programme, UNDP

Protocollo Punto a Punto Multilink
Multilink Point to Point Protoco, MPPP

Protocollo di Posta
masculine noun
Post Office Protocol (Computers)

Province Marittime
Maritime provinces

Qui Quo Qua
Dewey Huey Louie (W.Disney's heroes)

Racconto di due città
A Tale of Two Cities, novel written in 1859 by Charles Dickens

Radio Europa Libera
Radio Free Europe

Ragazze Scout Americane
Girl Scouts of America

Ranieri III di Monaco
masculine noun
Rainier III

Re Lear
masculine noun
King Lear, tragedy by William Shakespeare; hero of "King Lear" tragedy who was betrayed and abused by two of his conspiring daughters

Regia Polizia Canadese a Cavallo
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP

Regina del Cielo
feminine noun
Queen of Heaven

Regno Magadha
masculine noun
Magadha, historical kingdom located in northeast India

Regno di Svezia
Kingdom of Sweden

Regno unito
masculine noun Regno unito
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Renato Carosone
(1920-2001) Neapolitan musician and composer, a modern reviver of the "canzone napletana"

Reparto di Terapia Intensiva Neonatale
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Repubblica Araba Unita
feminine noun
United Arab Republic

Repubblica Ceca
feminine noun
Czech Republic, Czechia

Repubblica Francese
French Republic

Repubblica Islamica del Pakistan
Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Repubblica Islamica dell'Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran

Repubblica Unita della Tanzania
feminine noun
United Republic of Tanzania

Repubblica di Mordovia
feminine noun
Republic of Mordovia

Responsabile dei Lavori
Project Supervisor, Project Manager

Rete Microsoft
Microsoft Network(Computers)

Rete di Sviluppo Microsoft
Microsoft Developer Network(Computers)

Ricerca di Intelligenza Extraterrestre
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Rio delle Amazzoni
masculine noun
Amazon River

Risonanza Magnetica Nucleare
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Rita Levi-Montalcini
(b. 1909) Italian neurologist, received the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1986 with her colleague Stanley Cohen

Riunificazione d'Israele
Gathering of Israel

Riviera di Levante
feminine noun Riviera di Levante
eastern portion of the Italian Riviera to the east of Genoa

Riviera di Ponente
feminine noun Riviera di Ponente
western part of the Italian Riviera to the west of Genoa

Roberto Baggio
(1967) legendary Italian football player

Roberto Formigoni
(1947) Italian politician of the Forza Italia party and currently Governor of Lombardy

Roma non fu costruita in un giorno
Rome wasn't built in a day

Romano Prodi
professor of economics and former Christian Democrat now head of the alliance l'Ulivo (Politics)

Rosa Croce
Rosicrucian, secret order founded by Christian Rosenkreuz dating from the 15th or 17th century (associated with the symbol of the Rose Cross)

Russia Europea
European Russia

S.A.U.
abbreviation S.A.U. (Superficie Agricola Utilizzata)
(Agriculture) U.A.A., Utilised/Usable Agricultural Area

S.p.A.
S.p.A. (Società per Azioni)
limited company, company whose stockholders are liable only for the sum they invested

Sacra Sindone
feminine noun
Holy Shroud

Sacro Cuore
masculine noun Sacro Cuore
Sacred Heart (Catholicism)

Salvatore Schillaci
(1964) former Italian football player

San Bernardo di Clairvaux
masculine noun
St. Bernard of Clairvaux

San Domenico
masculine noun
Saint Dominic

San Gerolamo
masculine noun
Saint Jerome

San Marino
masculine noun San Marino
Republic of San Marino, 24 sq mi, in the Apennines in north central Italy, the smallest republic in the world and maybe Europe's oldest existing state

San Paolo apostolo
masculine noun
St. Paul the Apostle

San Patrizio
masculine noun
Saint Patrick

San Pietroburgo
St. Petersburg, 2nd largest city in Russia (situated in the northwest part of Russia)

San Roberto di Molesme
masculine noun
Saint Robert

San Tommaso d'Aquino
masculine noun
Saint Thomas Aquinas

San Vincenzo de Paoli
masculine noun
St. Vincent de Paul

Sant'Iddio
interjection
good Lord, good God!, Good Gracious!, God in Heaven!

Santa Chiara di Assisi
feminine noun
Saint Clare of Assisi

Santa Sede
feminine noun Santa Sede
Holy See, the see of the bishop of Rome

Sara Simeoni
(1953) Italian athlete in the long jump, gold medal at the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980, twice world record holder and then european record holder in 1978

Sarà nostra premura fare in modo che vengano ridotte al minimo
We will make sure that it should be minimized

Saul of Tarsus
masculine noun
Saul di Tarso

Scala Celsius
feminine noun
Celsius Scale

Scena della Natività
Christmas Nativity Scene

Schiavo d'Amore
Of Human Bondage,1915 novel written by W. Somerset Maugham

Scudo Rosso di Davide
Red Shield of David, Israel's national organization for providing emergency medical and ambulance and blood bank services as well as disaster management

Scuola Bauhaus
feminine noun
Bauhaus School, major school of modern architectural design developed in Germany in 1919 which emphasized simplicity and functionality (was forced to close down by the Nazis in 1933)

Segretario Privato Parlamentare
Parliamentary Private Secretary

Senato statunitense
masculine noun
US Senate

Servizi di Accesso Remoto
Remote Access Services

Servizi di Sicurezza della Palestina
Palestinian Security Services

Servizi di banca online
Internet banking

Servizio Informazioni CompuServe
CompuServe Information Service,American company based in Ohio, provider of Internet access services worldwide (subsidiary of American Online since 1998), CIS

Servizio Nazionale della Protezione Civile
National Civil Defence Service

Servizio Segreto dell'Esercito
Military Intelligence, MI

Servizio di Cellulare Satellitare
Mobile Satellite Service, MSS

Sig.
Sig. (signor)
mr, Mister, title of respect for a man that is prefixed to his name

Sig.na
Sig.na (signorina)
Miss, Mademoiselle

Sig.ra
Sig.ra (signora)
Mrs., mistress, title prefixed to the name of a married woman, madam

Sigg.
Sigg. (signori)
Messrs.

Signora di Ferro
feminine noun
Iron Lady

Signore delle Mosche
Lord of the Flies, allegorical novel written by William Golding in 1954 telling the story of English schoolboys stranded on a tropical island during a time of atomic warfare who tried to govern themselves

Simona Ventura
popular Italian show girl

Sindacato Postale Generale
General Postal Union

Sindrome di Fitta Precordiale
PCS,precordial catch syndrome

Sindrome di Morte Improvvisa del Lattante
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Sistema Globale di Comunicazioni Cellulare
Global System for Mobile Communications

Sistema Operativo di Base
masculine noun
Basic Operating System, BOS (Computers)

Sistema di Comunicazione Personale
PCS,Personal Communication System

Sistema di Controllo e Pianificazione Commerciale
Business Planning and Control System

Sistema di File di Nuova Tecnologia
New Technology File System

Sistema di Gestione dei Database
DataBase Management System (Computers)

Sistema di Informazione Geografica
Geographic Information System, GIS

Sistema di Lancio di Razzi Multiplo
Multiple Launch Rocket System, MLRS

Sistema di Osservazione Globale Oceanico
Global Ocean Observing System, GOOS

Sistema di Progettazione e Controllo Aziendale
masculine noun
Business Planning and Control System, BPCS

Società Internet per Nomi e Numeri Assegnati
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers

Società Radiotelevisiva Canadese
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC

Società degli Amici
Religious Society of Friends

Sottufficiale Capo
masculine noun
mster chief petty officer, MCPO

Sovrintendenza alle Belle Arti
Monuments and Fine Arts Office

Squadra Inquinamento Atmosferico
(Ecology) Atmospheric Pollution Team

Squadra di Supporto Tecnico in Prima Linea
Forward Repair Team

Staphylococcus Aureus Resistente alla Meticillina
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, MRSA

Stati Uniti d'America
participle Stati Uniti d'America
United States of America, USA

Statuto di Butler
Butler Statute, Tennessee (USA) state law passed in 1925 which forbid teaching any theory denying creationism in public schools

Stefano Baldini
(1971) Italian athlete and Gold Medal in the Marathon at 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens

Stele di Rosetta
feminine noun
Rosetta stone

Stellaria media
common chickweed, annual garden weed with small white flowers (called so as it is often eaten by chickens)

Sto Morendo Dal Ridere
Laughing My Ass Off Rolling on the Floor

Stretto di Formosa
Formosa Strait

Studenti per una Società Democratica
Students for a Democratic Society

Studio Associato
Associates

Studio dei Classici
study of Classics, "more humane letters", Greats, Literae Humaniores

Sud Africa
South Africa

Sud-Est asiatico
Southeast Asia

Suffragio Femminile
masculine noun
Women's Suffrage

Sul Filo del Rasoio
On the Razor's Blade

Superficie Agricola Utilizzata
(Agriculture) Utilised/Usable Agricultural Area, U.A.A.

Sviluppatore di Rete Microsoft
Microsoft Developer Network, MSDN

Tecnologie dell'informazione e della comunicazione
Tecnologie dell'informazione e della comunicazione (TIC)
Information and Communication Technology, ICT

Televisione a Circuito chiuso
Closed Circuit Television

Tempio del Popolo
masculine and feminine noun
People's Temple

Tempo Universale Coordinato
Universal Coordinated Time, UTC

Tempo di Protrombina
International Normalized Ratio, INR

Territorio delle Isole del Mar dei Coralli
Coral Sea Islands Territory

Titolo di Stabilizzazione Monetaria
Monetary Stabilization Bond, MSB

Toto Cotugno
(1943) Italian singer and winner of various Italian and international music contests

Traduzione Assistita da Computer
Computer Aided Translation, CAT

Transazione Elettronica Sicura
Secure Electronic Transaction

Trattato di Non-Proliferazione Nucleare
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

Tripanosomiasi americana
Chagas' disease,Chagas-Cruz disease

Tritone tra i Pesciolini
Triton among the minnows, Triton of the minnows

Tsunami del 2004
2004 Tsunami

U.F.
abbreviation U.F. (unità foraggera)
(Agriculture) F.U. (fodder unit)

Ufficiale Medico
masculine noun
Medical Officer of Health

Ufficio Risanamento
Bureau of Reclamation

Ufficio Stampe e Incisioni
Bureau of Printing and Engraving

Ufficio Tipografico Governativo
Government Printing Office

Ufficio degli Affari Indiani
Bureau for Indian Affairs, bureau of the U.S. Department of the Interior that deals with education health and social services for Native Americans

Ufficio del Censo
Bureau of the Census

Ufficio del Debito Pubblico
Bureau of Public Debt

Ufficio delle Prigioni
Bureau of Prisons

Ufficio di Statistica Economica
Bureau of Economic Analysis

Ufficio di Statistica del Lavoro
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Ufficio per la Gestione del Territorio
Bureau of Land Management

Ufficio per le Bevande Alcoliche, Tabacco e Armi da fuoco
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms

Unione Contro Posta Elettronica Commerciale Indesiderata
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email, CAUCE

Unione Europea
European Union, federation of European countries which acts as a group to protect their interests

Unione Monetaria Europea
European monetary union, financial alliance among certain European countries

Unione Postale Universale
Universal Postal Union, UPU

Unione delle Repubbliche Socialiste Sovietiche
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Unità Massima
feminine noun
Maximum Unit, MT

Unità di supporto fuoco
fire support element

Uragano Katrina
Hurricane Katrina

V.I.A.
abbreviation V.I.A. ( valutazione di impatto ambientale )
(Ecology) EIA, environmental impact assessment

Valentino Rossi
(1979) Italian motorcycle world champion

Vecchio West
Old West

Veicolo Multiuso
masculine noun
Multipurpose Vehicle

Veicolo Pluriuso
masculine noun
Multipurpose Vehicle, MPV

Vicario di Bray
masculine noun
Vicario di Bray

Vigilia di Capodanno
New Year's, New Year's Eve

Virus del Papilloma Umano
human papilloma virus, HPV

Virus del papilloma umano
Human papillomavirus

Vitis labrusca
fox grape

Volume VPP
Total Volume (inclusive of dead freight)

Volume Vuoto per Pieno
Total Volume (inclusive of dead freight)

Zona Oraria dell'Europa centrale
Central European Time, CET

a 12 derivazioni
(Medicine) a 12-lead, 12-lead electrocardiogram

a Roma fa come i romani
when in Rome do as the Romans do

a babordo
adverb
port, larboard, left side of a ship (Nautical)

a bada
adverb
at bay, under control

a bagnomaria
(Culinary) in a bain-marie pot; in a double boiler

a basso prezzo
adverb
cheaply, cheap, inexpensively

a basso reddito
adverb
low-income (Economy)

a battente
adverb
abutting

a bilico
adverb
balanced

a bit off
andato a male, marcio

a bizzeffe
adverb
galore, in great quantity, abundantly

a bocca aperta
adjective
agape, open-mouthed, surprised, shocked

a bocca impianto
at the source

a bordo
adverb
aboard, on board ship, on board

a bordo di
preposition
aboard

a bordo di una nave
aboard a ship

a botta calda
right away

a braccetto
adverb
arm in arm

a braccia aperte
adverb
with open arms, with a warm welcome

a braccio teso
at arms length

a breve distanza
adverb
short haul, in a short time

a breve scadenza
adverb
short term, short-dated, not long, short

a breve termine
adjective
short range, short term, short-dated, for a short period of time

a bruciapelo
adverb
point blank, straightforward

a buon conto
adverb
in any case, in any event, anyhow, anyway

a buon diritto
adjective
rightfully, lawfully, legitimately, justly

a buon intenditor poche parole
a word to the wise is enough

a buon mercato
adjective
cheap, inexpensive, low-priced

a campione
adverb
as per the sample

a capofitto
adverb
headlong, headfirst, recklessly, rashly

a capotavola
adverb
at the head of the table

a cappella
(Music) acapella

a caratteri cubitali
in block capitals

a carico
adjective
defrayable; charged to; dependent

a caro prezzo
adverb
dearly, at a high price

a casa
adverb
home, at home

a casa mia
at home

a casa propria
in his own house, in his place

a casa tua
in your house, in your place

a casaccio
adverb
random, randomly, by chance, by accident

a caso
adverb
haphazardly, by chance, randomly, carelessly, at random, haphazard

a catafascio
adverb
pell-mell, upside down, higgledy-piggledy

a catena
a series of

a causa di
preposition
for, due to, owing to, because of, through, from

a caval donato non si guarda in bocca
don't look a gift horse in the mouth, do not be critical of a gift

a cavalcioni
adverb
astride, with one leg on each side

a cavalcioni di
preposition
astride

a cavallo
adjective
mounted, on horseback, astride, in saddle

a cavalluccio
adjective
piggyback

a centro nave
adverb
midships

a che
adverb
whereupon, upon which

a che pensi
interjection
what are you thinking about

a che pro?
a che pro?
what's the point?, what's the use?

a che proposito?
what about?

a che stai pensando?
a penny for your thoughts

a chiocciola
adjective
winding

a ciascuno il suo
horses for courses

a ciel sereno
adverb
out of the blue sky, unexpectedly, surprisingly

a cielo aperto
adverb
under the open sky, out in the open, outdoors

a coda di rondine
adjective
cutaway

a colpo d'occhio
adverb
at a glance

a condizione che
conjunction
provided that, providing that

a conti fatti
adverb
all things considered, having given thought to all of the issues, after consideration of the facts

a contrasto
adverb
hook-on, snap-in

a coppo
adverb
convexly, curvedly

a corda
adjective
stringed

a coronamento
adverb
at the completion

a corpo
adverb
at fixed price, lump sum pricing

a corpo e non a misura
(Commercial Law) sale per aversionem

a corpo morto
adverb
headlong, rashly

a corto di personale
adjective
short handed, short staffed

a cottimo
adjective
jobbing

a cura di Edigeo
by Edigeo

a decreto
adverb
rent-controlled

a destra
adverb
right, on the right side

a detrarre parte a solaio
(Construction) minus the floor area

a differenza di
preposition
unlike

a digiuno
adjective
fasting

a dire il vero
verb
to tell the truth, to be quite honest, honestly

a disagio
adverb
uncomfortably, uneasily

a dismisura
immoderately, excessively

a dispetto di
preposition
despite, notwithstanding

a disposizione
adjective
on tap, at disposal

a distanza
adverb
aloof, at a distance

a distanza di un mese
a month apart, within a ,month of

a domanda
adverb
per application

a domani!
interjection
see you tomorrow!

a dondolo
adjective
rocking

a doppia pelle ventilati
(Civil Engineering) ventilated double skin

a doppio comando
adjective
dual-control

a doppio senso
adjective
two way; backhanded

a dritta
adverb
(Nautical) starboard

a due a due
adverb
two by two

a due facce
adjective
two faced, has two sides

a est
adverb
east of

a estri
adverb
on the spur of the moment, impulsively, in fits and starts, according to his mood

a falda inclinata
(Civil Engineering) with pitched roofs

a falde
adjective
flaky; in layers; brimmed

a fatica
adverb
with difficulty

a favore di
preposition a favore di (m)
on behalf of; in favour of

a fianco
adverb
aboard, abreast, side by side

a fianco di
preposition
beside, alongside, by, near

a filo
adverb
(Construction) flush

a filo inferiore del soffitto
(Construction) flush with the ceiling

a filo interno
(Construction) flush with the internal wall

a filo sega
adverb
(Construction) sawn edge

a fine vita lavorativa
(Ecology) at the end of a life cycle

a fior d'acqua
awash

a fior di pelle
adverb
skin-deep, shallow, superficial

a fiotti
adverb
galore, in abundance

a fiumi
adverb
galore, in abundance

a fondo
adverb
thoroughly, deeply, with great detail

a fondo cassero
adverb
(Construction) bottom of box, caisson

a forma di
adjective
shaped, molded, having the form of

a forma di bolla
adjective
bubbly

a forma di borsa
adjective
pouchy

a forma di botte
adjective
tubby

a forma di croce
adverb
crosswise

a forma di cubo
adjective
cubical

a forma di ferro di cavallo
adjective
horseshoe, U-shaped

a forma di globo
adjective
globular, round, shaped like a globe

a forma di luna
adjective
moony

a forma di ombrella
adverb
umbellar, umbelliform (Botany)

a forma di pera
adjective
pear shaped

a forma di rosa
adverb
in the form of a rose

a forma di traliccio
adverb
latticed, having crisscrossing strips of wood or metal

a forma di vescica
adjective
bladdery

a fortiori
adverb
a fortiori, all the more, more so, even more, with stronger reason

a fuoco
adverb
(Photography) in focus

a fusibile
adverb
(Construction) with mechanical fuse

a galla
adjective
floating, buoyed by liquid or air

a gambe divaricate
adverb
astride, with legs stretched wide apart

a gas
adjective
gas, gasoline

a geometria variabile
adjective
swing wing

a giorni alterni
every other day, on alternate days

a gittata corta
adjective
short range

a gomito
adjective
side by side, next to each other; sharp; hairpin

a grandezza naturale
adjective
life size

a grandi falcate
adverb
striding rapidly

a grandi linee
adverb
sketchily, roughly

a grappoli
adjective
bunchy

a guardar bene
verb
on second thoughts

a guglia
adjective
spiry, tall and tapering

a guisa di
adverb
like, resembling, disguised, disguised as

a incastro
adjective
embedded, inlaid, inserted

a intervalli
adverb
intermittently, sporadically, fitfully

a iosa
adverb
galore, in abundance

a lago
adverb
(Construction) facing the lake

a letto
adverb
abed, in bed

a livello
adjective
level

a livello della riabitazione distale
(Medicine) at the distal rehabilitation site

a livello di integrazione
at integration level

a livello di modulo
at module level

a livello di sistema
at system level

a loro totale insaputa
entirely without their knowing

a losanghe
adjective
lozenged

a lume di candela
adverb
by candlelight

a lunghezza
adverb
longways

a lungo
adverb
long, for a long period of time

a lungo andare
adverb
in the long run, in the end

a lungo raggio
adjective
long range, effective over a lengthy period of time; designed to work over great distances

a lungo termine
adjective
long term

a macchie
adjective
patchy, not uniform

a maggior ragione
all the more reason, even more so

a mala pena
adverb
hardly, barely, just, ill

a malapena
adverb
hardly, with difficulty, barely, scarcely

a malincuore
adverb
reluctantly, unwillingly

a mani vuote
adjective
empty handed

a mano
adverb
manually, by hand

a mano a mano
adverb
gradually, progressively

a mano libera
adjective
freehand

a matita
adjective
pencil

a matrice prevalentemente organica
(Ecology) mostly composed of organic materials

a mazzi
adjective
bunchy

a memoria
adverb
by heart, memorized

a meno che
conjunction
unless

a meno di
preposition
without, short of

a metà
adverb
half, partially; halfway

a metà del mese di agosto
adverb
mid-August, in the middle of August

a metà strada
adverb
midway, halfway, located halfway, at half the distance

a mezz'asta
adjective
half mast, halfway down from the top of a mast (of a flag)

a mezza nave
adverb
amidships

a mezza strada
adverb
halfway, at half the distance

a mezzaluna
adjective
crescent

a mezzo busto
half-length (bust)

a mie spese
at my own expenses

a mio danno
against me, damaging me

a mio parere
in my opinion

a misura d'ambiente
environmentally fit

a misura d'uomo
(Construction) well-appointed; on a human scale

a mo' di
preposition
like, resembling

a modo
adverb
properly, well, correctly

a molle
adjective
sprung

a monte
adverb
upstream, toward or in the higher part of a stream

a motore
adjective
motor, power driven

a nanna!
a nanna!
to bed!

a navate
adjective
aisled

a nessun costo
on no account, by no means

a noduli
adjective
nodulose

a noi due!
interjection
here's to us!

a noleggio
adjective
charter

a nome di
preposition
on behalf of, in the name of

a nord
adverb
north, in the north; northward, toward the north; up, upward

a nuoto
swimming

a occhi chiusi
adjective
blind, blindly

a occhio e croce
adverb
approximately, nearly

a ogni costo
at any cost

a ogni modo
adverb
anyhow, in any case, be that as it may

a pallini
adjective
spotted, dotted

a pancia piena
adverb
with a full belly

a pancia vuota
adverb
without eating, with no food, starving, extremely hungry

a pappagallo
adverb
parrot fashion

a parer mio
in my opinion

a parte
adverb
apart, aside; besides

a partire da
adverb
beginning from, as from, starting from

a partire da oggi
adverb
beginning from today, starting from today

a partire da quel momento
adverb
from that time on, from that moment

a passo di lumaca
adverb
snail's pace, very slowly

a patto che
conjunction
provided, providing, only if

a pedaggio
adjective
toll

a perdita d'occhio
as far as the eye can see

a perpendicolo
adverb
perpendicularly, vertically; sheerly, steeply, with an almost vertical slope

a pezzi
adverb
asunder, into pieces, in shreds

a piacere
adverb
at will, in abundance; as you like, as you wish

a piacimento
at one's pleasure

a piani sfalsati
adverb
split level

a piano rotante
adverb
(Construction) turntable shelves

a picco
adjective
very steep, sheer

a piccoli pezzi
adverb
fine, finely, in bits, in small pieces

a piedi
adverb
afoot, walking, on foot

a piedi nudi
adjective
barefoot, barefooted

a piombo
adjective
plumb, vertical, perpendicular, plummeted

a più piani
adjective
multistorey, multistoried

a più tardi
see you later

a poco a poco
adverb
little by little, gradually

a poco prezzo
cheaply

a poppa
adverb
abaft, aft, astern

a portata di mano
adjective
handy, close

a posa rettangolare
adverb
(Construction) using rectangular tiles

a posteriori
adjective
a posteriori, inductive

a posto
adjective
settled, straight, arranged

a precipizio
adverb
pell-mell; sheer, very steep, perpendicularly

a prescindere
adverb
apart from, besides, except for, in addition to

a presto!
a presto!
See you!

a prevalente sviluppo lineare
adverb
mainly linear

a prezzo fisso
adjective
fixed price, established price

a prezzo ridotto
adjective
cut price, reduced price, cheap, inexpensive

a prima richiesta assoluta
adverb
at first demand

a priori
adjective
a priori, deductive

a priori e a posteriori
a priori and a posteriori

a profusione
adverb
agog, lavishly, generously, profusely

a proposito
adverb
apropos, by the way, incidentally; on purpose, intentionally

a prova di
adjective
proof, impervious, resistant

a prova di bomba
adjective
shellproof

a prua
adverb
(Nautical) fore

a puntate
adjective
serial, published or broadcast in regular installments

a puntino
masculine noun a puntino
precisely, accurately

a quadretti
checked, chequered, checkered

a quadri
masculine noun a quadri
checked

a quale facoltà ti sei iscritto?
verb
which faculty are you studying?, which faculty are you enrolled in?

a qualsiasi ora
adverb
at any time

a qualunque costo
at any cost, at all costs

a quattr'occhi
adverb
in confidence, secretly, privately, intimately

a quattro remi
adverb
four-oar, having four oars

a quattro ruote
adverb
four-wheeled

a quattro ruote motrici
adverb
four-wheel drive

a quattrocchi
adverb
privately, confidentially

a quel punto
adverb
thereupon

a quel tempo
adverb
then

a quinconce
adverb
quincuncial

a quincunce
adverb
quincuncial

a raggi x
adjective
x-ray, roentgen ray

a ragion veduta
adverb
advisedly, in a thought out manner; in an informed manner

a ragione
adverb
right, justly, fairly

a rate
adjective
instalment plan, (British) hire-purchase

a regola d'arte
perfectly, superbly

a resposabilità limitata
adverb
Ltd., limited partnership

a ricircolo
adverb
recycled

a ridosso di
close to, at the back of

a righe
adjective
striped; ruled

a rigor di logica
logically speaking

a riposo
adjective
retired, withdrawn from a job or position

a ritiro compensato
adverb
(Civil Engineering) with shrinkage reducing admixtures

a riva
adverb
ashore, inshore

a riverbero
adjective
reverberatory

a rombi
adjective
lozenged

a rompicollo
adverb
headlong, rashly, recklessly

a rotazione
adjective
rotary, spinning around an axis

a rovescio
adverb
backward, backwards; upside down, inverted, reversed

a ruba
adverb
(sell) like hot cakes

a ruolo fisso
adjective
typecast

a saldo di
adverb
in settlement of, in full settlement of (Finance)

a salti
adverb
by fits and starts

a sangue caldo
adjective
warm-blooded, having a hot temper

a sbafo
adverb
scrounging a living, gorging oneself

a scala di bacino
(Ecology) for the whole catchment area

a scapito di
at the expense of

a scarsa conoscenza dei fatti
a little knowledge of the facts

a scatto
adverb
hook-on, snap-in

a scavo fatto
(Civil Engineering) once excavation operations have been completed

a scelte multiple
adjective
multiple choice

a scomparsa
foldaway

a scroscio
downpouring

a secco
adverb
pennyless, short of money, broke; in the lurch

a seconda
adverb
downstream, in the direction that a river flows; favorably, well

a seconda di
preposition
according to, in accord with

a secondo che sia
depending on whether

a semicerchio
adjective
crescent

a semplice contorno
adverb
(Civil Engineering) drawn in simple outline

a seno nudo
adjective
topless, without a bra, without a shirt

a senso unico
adjective
one way

a serpentina
winding

a setto scorrevole
adverb
(Civil Engineering) sliding baffle

a sinistra
adjective
left hand

a smerlo
adjective
scalloped

a somiglianza di
adverb
like

a spasso
adverb
out of work, without work, out of a job, unemployed

a spese di
at the expense of

a sproposito
adverb
unaptly

a squadra
adverb
square

a squarciagola
adverb
at the top of one's voice

a stecche
adjective
slatted

a stento
adverb
hardly, scarcely, ill

a strati spessi
adverb
thick, with thick layers

a stretto giro di posta
by return, by return mail

a strisce
adjective
streaky, striped, tabby

a struttura mista
adjective
composite, composed of different elements

a sud
adverb
southerly, south, toward the south

a sud di nessun nord
(Advertising) south of no north

a suo tempo
adverb
in due time, when the time is right

a supporto di
adverb
in support of

a sé
adverb
aside, apart, besides, separately

a sé stante
adjective
stand alone, separate, distinct, different, set apart

a taglio bastardo
adverb
(Civil Engineering) bastard cut

a taglio mezzo dolce
adverb
(Civil Engineering) second-cut file

a tal punto
adverb
insomuch, to such a degree, to such an extent

a tastiera
adjective
push button

a tastoni
adverb
gropingly

a te la mossa
it's your turn to you make a move

a tempo
adverb
in time, within the required time

a tempo debito
adverb
in due time, when the time is right

a tempo e luogo
adverb
at the right time, at the appropriate time, at the suitable moment

a tempo parziale
adjective
part time

a tempo perso
adverb
in one's spare time

a tentoni
adverb
gropingly

a tenuta stagna
(Nautical) watertight

a tergo
adverb
overleaf

a terra
adverb
ashore, onshore

a testa
adverb
apiece, each

a testa scoperta
adjective
bareheaded

a titolo di esperimento
adverb
as an experiment

a torto
adverb
wrongly, erroneously

a tracolla
over one's shoulder,across one's body

a tradimento
by surprise

a trazione anteriore
adverb
front-wheel drive

a trazione posteriore
adverb
back-wheel drive

a tre quarti
adverb
three-quarters, three-fourths

a tu per tu
tete-a-tete, privately

a tua completa disposizione
adverb
at your complete disposal

a tutt'aria
adverb
(Civil Engineering) all-air-conditioning system

a tutt'oggi
adverb
until now, so far

a tutta corsa
(Nautical) at full speed

a tutta massa
adverb
(Civil Engineering) full-body

a tutta sagoma
adverb
(Civil Engineering) full-profile, full-dimension

a tutta sezione
$WI_POS:51(Civil Engineering) full face cutter head

a tutta velocità
adverb
at full tilt, at great speed

a tutto gas
adverb
at full throttle, at full speed

a un certo momento
adverb
at a given time, at a given moment

a un dipresso
adverb
thereabout, thereabouts

a un petto
adjective
single-breasted

a un solo binario
adjective
single-track, one-track

a una certa distanza
adverb
apart, aside; at a distance, not nearby

a una rotaia
adjective
monorail

a valle
adjective
downstream

a vanvera
adverb
haphazardly, carelessly

a varie riprese
adverb
at various times

a vele quadre
(Nautical) square rigged

a velocità massima
at full speed

a video
adverb
onscreen, displayed on computer or television screen (Computers)

a vita libera
adverb
(Zoology) free-living

a viva forza
adverb
by force, compellingly, forcefully, coercively

a voce alta
adverb
aloud

a voce bassa
adverb
low, softly

a volta
adjective
vaulted, covered with a vault

a volte
adverb
sometimes, occasionally

a vostro favore
adverb
to your credit (Banking)

a zero del punto
at ground level, at surface level

a zigzag
adjective
zigzag

a zonzo
adverb
wandering, moving aimlessly from place to place

a.C.
a.C. (avanti Cristo)
B.C., before the Christian Era, before the birth of Christ

a.m.
abbreviation A.M. (ante meridiem)
a.m., between midnight and noon

ab aeterno
adverb
since always

ab antiquo
adverb
since ancient times

ab intestato
adjective
abintestate (Latin, Law)

abat jour
lampshade, shade placed over a lamp

abbaiare in modo stridulo
verb
yap, yelp

abbandonare il capo sul petto
verb
hang one's head

abbandonare in luogo deserto
verb
maroon, abandon in a desolate place

abbandonare la moglie
verb
desert one's wife

abbandonare la nave
verb
abandon ship, evacuate a ship

abbandonare le redini
verb
drop the reins

abbandonare moglie e figli
verb
desert one's wife and children

abbandonare ogni speranza di
abandon hope of, abandoning hope of

abbandonare un amico nel bisogno
verb
forsake a friend in need

abbandonare un piano
verb
drop an idea, drop a plan

abbandonare un'idea
verb
drop an idea, drop a plan

abbandonare una pretesa
verb
renounce a claim

abbandonarsi ai ricordi
verb
reminisce, remember the past

abbandonato alle emozioni
just drifting away

abbandonato dalla persona amata
adjective
lovelorn

abbassamento di voce
loss of voice

abbassare gli occhi
verb
lower one's eyes

abbassare i prezzi di
verb
close out, cut prices, lower prices

abbassare il capo
verb
lower one's head

abbassare il finestrino
verb
let a window down

abbassare la cresta
verb
eat humble pie, admit that one has done something wrong and apologize

abbassare la guardia
verb
lower the guard, drop the guard

abbassare la luce
verb
dim the light

abbassare la saracinesca
verb
let a shutter down

abbassare la televisione
verb
turn down the tv, turn down the television

abbassare la voce
verb
lower one's voice, make one's voice quieter

abbassare le armi
verb
lay down one's arms

abbassare le ciglia
verb
lower one's eyes

abbassare le vele
verb
lower the sails

abbassare un primato
verb
beat a record, surpass a highest score

abbassarsi a fare qualcosa
abase oneself so far as to do something

abbattere un animale
verb
slaughter, butcher an animal; put down, kill or destroy (animals); shoot, hunt

abbattere un edificio
verb
knock down a building

abbattere un regime
verb
overthrow a regime

abbattere una foresta
verb
cut down a forest

abbattere uno dopo altro
verb
pick off

abbigliamento sportivo
masculine noun abbigliamento sportivo
sportswear

abbigliamento succinto
masculine noun abbigliamento succinto
deshabille

abbinamento posticcio
mismatched detail

abbondanza di notizie
feminine noun abbondanza di notizie
newsiness

abbozzare un sorriso
give a hint of a smile

abbracciar la Croce
verb
embrace Christianity, convert to Christianity

abbracciare la politica
verb
take up politics

abbracciare una causa
verb
espouse a cause, champion a cause

abbraccio affettuoso
masculine noun abbraccio affettuoso
cuddle, hug

abbraccio stretto
masculine noun abbraccio stretto
clinch, grip, clasp, hold

abbrivo in avanti
headway, advance (Maritime, Aeronautics)

abbrivo indietro
sternway (Maritime, Aeronautics)

abbuono di fine d'anno
end-year rebate

abbuono fiscale
tax relief, discount on taxes

abbuono per avaria
allowance for average

abbuono per calo di peso
draft allowance

abbuono per il peso
weight draft

abbuono per permuta
trade-in allowance

abbuono per scarto di qualità
allowance for difference of quality

abbuono sottobanco
kickback

abbuono sul prezzo d'acquisto
abatement of purchase money

abbuono sulle vendite
sales allowance

abc della chimica
abc of chemistry

aberrazione cromatica
(Photography) chromatic aberration

aberrazione sferica
(Photography) spherical aberration

abete bianco
masculine noun abete bianco
silver fir, white-deal (Botany)

abete canadese
hemlock, spruce

abete di Douglas
Douglas fir (Botany)

abete kauri
kauri (Botany)

abete odoroso
Douglas fir (Botany)

abete rosso
masculine noun abete rosso
spruce, red-deal (Botany)

abile parlamentare
masculine noun abile parlamentare
parliamentarian

abilità artistica
feminine noun abilità artistica
artistry

abilità manuale
feminine noun abilità manuale
handicraft

abilità nel maneggiare la spada
feminine noun abilità nel maneggiare la spada
swordplay

abilità nello sport
feminine noun abilità nello sport
sportsmanship

abilità professionale
feminine noun abilità professionale
workmanship

abilità tecnica
feminine noun abilità tecnica
know how, expertise, skill

abitante dei paesi bassi
abitante dei paesi bassi (mf)
Netherlander

abitante del sud
abitante del sud (mf)
southerner

abitante del villaggio
abitante del villaggio (mf)
villager, peasant

abitante dell'Europa continentale
abitante dell'Europa continentale (mf)
Continental

abitante dell'interno
abitante dell'interno (mf)
inlander

abitante della pianura
abitante della pianura (mf)
lowlander

abitante della sScandinavia
abitante della sScandinavia (mf)
Norseman, Scandinavian person

abitante di Lancaster
abitante di Lancaster (mf)
Lancastrian

abitante di Terranova
abitante di Terranova (mf)
Newfoundlander

abitante di una metropoli
verb
metropolitan

abitanti del contado
country people

abitare la campagna
verb
ruralise, ruralize

abitazione padronale
owner's dwelling

abiti civili
plain clothes, civilian clothing worn by a member of the armed forces, mufti, civilian dress

abiti da cerimonia
masculine noun abiti da cerimonia
robe, party dress, formal or fancy clothing

abiti da lavoro
working clothes

abiti da lutto
mourning clothes

abiti dati in beneficienza
handouts

abiti delle feste
masculine noun abiti delle feste
finery, fancy clothes

abiti donati
handouts

abiti fatti
ready-made clothes, off-the-peg clothes

abiti su misura
clothes made to measure

abiti usati
hand-me-downs

abito a coda
tailcoat

abito a coda di rondine
tailcoat

abito a falde
tailcoat, man's formal evening coat with a short front and long and tapering in the back

abito a redingote
coat dress

abito civile
masculine noun abito civile
mufti, civilian dress

abito completo
masculine noun abito completo
costume, outfit

abito da cavallerizzo
masculine noun abito da cavallerizzo
riding habit

abito da cerimonia
formal dress

abito da donna
dress, one-piece outfit worn by women or girls; frock

abito da sacerdote
cassock, robe worn by clergy in the Anglican Church

abito da sera
evening dress

abito da uomo
suit, matching outfit consisting of a jacket and trousers

abito di frate
habit

abito di suora
habit

abito di tweed
masculine noun abito di tweed
tweed

abito mentale
habit of mind

abito senza maniche
sleeveless dress

abito smanicato
sleeveless dress

abito smesso
masculine noun abito smesso
cast-off dress

abito talare
masculine noun abito talare
cassock, robe worn by clergy in the Anglican Church

abitudine acquisita
acquired habit

abitudine meccanica
feminine noun abitudine meccanica
rote, routine

abusare di
verb
abuse, misuse, take advantage of

abusivismo edilizio
(Ecology) unauthorized building

abuso di colle e solventi
masculine noun abuso di colle e solventi
solvent abuse

abuso di potere
masculine noun abuso di potere
abuse of power

abuso sessuale
sexual abuse

accademia di musica
academy of music

accadendo nel bel mezzo del mese di agosto
adjective
mid-August, taking place or occurring in the middle of August

accadere a
verb
betide, happen, occur

accanimento terapeutico
futile medical care, heroic treatment

accanirsi su
verb
belabor, belabour

accanto a
preposition
by, beside, next, next to

accecare una vite
verb
countersink

accedere al ministero
verb
(Religion) accede to the ministry

accelera e frena
verb
go-stop (Finance)

accelerare il lavoro
verb
speed up the work

accelerare il passo
verb
quicken one's steps

accelerare il traffico
verb
speed up the traffic

accellerare il processo di pace
accelerate the pace

accellerazione di gravità
acceleration of gravity

accendere di passione
verb
kindle the flame of passion

accendere il camino
verb
light the fire

accendere il motore
start the engine, to switch on the engine

accendere la fiamma della passione
verb
kindle the flame of passion

accendere una rivolta
verb
stir up a revolt

accendere una speranza
verb
kindle hope

accenditore di endoreattore
rocket igniter

accennare col capo
verb
nod

accennare di sì col capo
verb
nod

accenno di miglioramento
sign of recovery

accento circonflesso
masculine noun accento circonflesso
circumflex

accento grave
grave accent

accento nasale
masculine noun accento nasale
twang, nasal tone

accertamento d'identità
masculine noun accertamento d'identità
identification

accertamento d'imposta
tax assessment

accertamento di cassa
cash inventory

acceso d'indignazione
adjective
highly indignant

acceso d'ira
adjective
in a temper, in a rage

accesso a Internet
Internet access

accesso casuale
masculine noun accesso casuale
random access

accesso d'ira
fit of anger, attack of rage, outburst of anger

accesso d'isterismo
masculine noun accesso d'isterismo
hysterics, hysterical outburst

accesso di pazzia
masculine noun accesso di pazzia
brainstorm, attack of nerves

accesso diretto
masculine noun accesso diretto
direct access, straight approach, direct approach (Computers)

accesso diretto per chiave
(Computer) random by key access (IBM)

accesso isterico
hysterical fit, temper tantrum

accesso libero
free admission, free entrance

accesso remoto
masculine noun accesso remoto
remote access, remote login, Remote Access Services, feature of Windows NT which enables users to log in to a system via modem or network connection, RAS (Computers)

accesso sequenziale
masculine noun accesso sequenziale
serial access (Computers)

accessorio di sollevamento
(Construction) hoisting accessory

accettare i fatti
accept the fact

accettare la verità
accept the fact

accettare per la spedizione
verb
check

accettare qualcosa così com'è
accept something at its face value

accettare un'offerta
verb
accept an offer

accettare una garanzia
accept guarantee

accettazione bancaria
feminine noun accettazione bancaria
bank bill, banker's acceptance

accettazione bancaria condizionata
conditional qualified acceptance (Banking)

accettazione bancaria incondizionata
general acceptance, clean acceptance (Banking)

accettazione contro documenti
acceptance against documents

accettazione in bianco
blank acceptance (Banking)

acciaio al nichel
nickel steel

acciaio armonico
(Construction) prestressed steel

acciaio damascato
Damascus Steel

acciaio di Damasco
masculine noun
Damascus Steel

acciaio dolce
soft steel, mild steel, low carbon steel

acciaio duro
hard steel

acciaio fucinato
forged steel

acciaio inossidabile
masculine noun acciaio inossidabile
stainless steel

acciaio legato
alloy steel

acciaio saldato
wrought steel, steel which is worked and hardened

acciaio semidolce
medium carbon steel

acciaio stampato
pressed steel

acciaio temprabile
hardenable steel

acciaio temprato
hardened steel

accidentalmente intenzionato
accidentally-on-purpose

acciottolato interno
(Construction) cobblestone floors

acclamare una proposta
verb
cheer a proposal

accogliere come un cane
verb
welcome as snow in harvest

accogliere la richiesta
verb
grant the request, agree to the petition

accogliere le scuse
verb
accept the apologies

accogliere un ricorso
verb
admit a claim

accogliere un suggerimento
verb
agree to a suggestion

accogliere un'istanza
verb
admit a claim

accogliere una proposta
verb
agree to a proposal

accogliere una richiesta
verb
grant a request

accollare un compito
verb
saddle someone with a task, charge someone with a task

accollare una responsabilità
verb
saddle someone with a responsability, lay a responsability on someone

accollarsi la colpa
verb
shoulder the blame

accollarsi la responsabilità
verb
shoulder the responsability

accoltellata di mattoni
(Construction) edge course, brick course laid on edge

accomodarsi bene
verb
sink back

accompagnare alla porta
verb
see out

accontentarsi di
verb
settle for, be satisfied with, be content with

acconto Internet
masculine noun acconto Internet
Internet account

acconto a linea di comando
masculine noun acconto a linea di comando
shell account, Internet account in which a computer is connected as a terminal of a large system which has Internet access

accoppiatore acustico
acoustic coupler (Computer)

accordare facilitazioni
verb
grant easy terms, grant facilities, allow facilities

accordatore di pianoforti
masculine noun accordatore di pianoforti
piano tuner

accordi americani
American terms

accordo di licenza per utente finale
end-user license agreement

accordo di marketing
marketing agreement, trade agreement between two countries (Finance)

accordo finanziario
financial agreement

accordo salariale
pay settlement, wage agreement, wage pact, salary agreement

accordo su tempi di lavoro
masculine noun accordo su tempi di lavoro
production agreement

accostata d'emergenza
(Nautical) destroyer turn, Williamson turn

accostata in parallelo
(Nautical) parallel approach

accreditare sul conto di
verb
credit to the account of (Banking)

accudire a
verb
look after, attend to

accumulazione del capitale
feminine noun accumulazione del capitale
capital accumulation

accumulo d'acqua
masculine noun accumulo d'acqua
backwater

accuratamente programmato
adjective
set piece

accusare di parzialità
verb
accuse of bias

accusare qualcuno di parzialità
verb
accuse of someone of bias

accusare ricevuta
acknowledge the receipt

acero canadese
masculine noun acero canadese
sugar maple

acetato di etile
ethyl acetate

acidità di stomaco
feminine noun
(Italian-American slang) agita

acido abscissico
abscisic acid (Biochemistry)

acido acetico
acetic acid

acido acetilsalicilico
acetylsalicylic acid

acido acrilico
masculine noun
acrylic acid

acido aminoacetico
masculine noun
(Chemistry) aminoacetic acid

acido aminobenzoico
masculine noun
(Chemistry) acid aminobenzoic

acido carbonico
masculine noun acido carbonico
carbonic acid

acido chinico
quinic acid

acido citrico
masculine noun acido citrico
citric acid, acid contained in many fruits especially lemons and limes