Italian | English |
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ball noun {m} | ball [balls](baseball: a pitch that falls outside the strike zone) |
balla noun {f} | bale [bales](rounded bundle of goods) ball [balls](mildly vulgar slang: nonsense) lie [lies](intentionally false statement) malarkey [malarkeys](nonsense; rubbish, see also: nonsense) nonsense(untrue statement) reap(bundle of grain) sheaf [sheaves](bundle of grain or straw) tall story(a tale or an account of questionable veracity) |
ballare verb | dance [danced, dancing, dances](move rhythmically to music) shake [shook, shaken, shaking, shakes](intransitive: to dance) |
ballare al ritmo dettato da qualcuno verb | dance to someone's tune(to do what someone expects) |
ballata noun {f} | ballad [ballads](narrative poem) |
ballatoio noun {m} | gangway(temporary plank bridge, path, or passageway) landing [landings](a platform at the top of a flight of stairs) |
balle noun {f-Pl} | balls(rubbish) |
balle noun {m-Pl} | bollocks(testicles) |
ballerina noun | hoofer(professional dancer) |
ballerina noun {f} | ballerina [ballerinas](female ballet dancer) ballet dancer(a person who dances in ballets) ballet flat(type of shoe) dancer [dancers](a female person who dances) wagtail [wagtails](various small passerine birds) |
ballerina codalunga noun {f} | mountain wagtail(Motacilla clara) |
ballerina gialla noun {f} | grey wagtail(Motacilla cinerea) |
ballerine noun {f-Pl} | flat [flats](plural: ladies' shoes) |
ballerino noun | hoofer(professional dancer) |
ballerino noun {m} | ballet dancer(a person who dances in ballets) dancer [dancers](person who dances) gigolo(hired escort or dancing partner) |
Ballerino proper noun {m} | Dancer(reindeer of Santa Claus) |
balletto noun {m} | ballet [ballets](form of dance) |
ballista noun {m} | braggart(one who constantly brags or boasts) |
ballo noun {m} | ball [balls](formal dance) dance [dances](movements to music) |
ballo di fine anno noun | prom [proms](a formal ball) |
ballo in maschera noun {m} | masked ball(a formal dance with dancers wearing masks) masquerade [masquerades](party or assembly of people wearing masks and costumes) |
ballota noun {f} | black horehound(Ballota nigra) |
ariballo noun {m} | aryballos(small flask used, in Ancient Greece, to contain perfume or oil) |