Italian | English |
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essere verb | be(occupy a place) get [got, gotten, getting, gets](colloquial: to be) have(auxiliary used in forming the perfect and the past perfect tenses) mourn [mourned, mourning, mourns](express sadness for, grieve over) stay [stayed, staying, stays](to continue to have a particular quality) |
essere noun {m} | being [beings](a living creature) |
essere a caccia verb | hunt [hunted, hunting, hunts](to search for something) |
essere a corto verb | run out(to use up) |
essere a testa bassa verb | hang one's head(be ashamed) |
essere abbondante verb | abound [abounded, abounding, abounds](to be plentiful) |
essere adatto verb | fit the bill(to satisfy a need; to serve a purpose; to fulfill specified requirements) |
essere al limite di verb | border on(be almost like some other thing) |
essere al verde preposition | in the red(in debt) |
essere all'altezza verb | measure up(To meet expectations; to be as good as) |
essere alla ricerca verb | hunt [hunted, hunting, hunts](to search for something) |
essere appeso a un filo verb | hang by a thread(to be in a precarious situation) |
essere bleso verb | lisp [lisped, lisping, lisps](to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly) |
essere collegato verb | communicate [communicated, communicating, communicates](to be connected with) |
essere colmo verb | brim [brimmed, brimming, brims](to be full to overflowing) |
essere come il diavolo e l'acqua santa verb | not touch something with a ten-foot pole(to avoid at all costs) |
essere comprato verb | buy off(pay off) |
essere con l'acqua alla gola verb | feel the pinch(to suffer a hardship) |
essere conforme verb | conform [conformed, conforming, conforms](to be in accordance with a set of specifications) |
essere contrari verb | oppose [opposed, opposing, opposes](To present or set up in opposition; to pose.) |
essere coordinato verb | coordinate [coordinated, coordinating, coordinates](to match) |
essere d'accordo verb | agree [agreed, agreeing, agrees](harmonize in opinion; be in unison or concord; be united; concur) take the point(to agree with someone) |
essere d'aiuto verb | help out(provide assistance) |
essere dall'altra parte della barricata phrase | the shoe is on the other foot(the roles have been reversed) |
essere debitore di verb | owe [owed, owing, owes]verb |
essere di famiglia verb | run in the family(to be observed in several generations) |
essere di grande aiuto verb | go a long way(be helpful for a significant amount of time) |
essere di mano verb | lead [led, led, leading, leads](begin a game of cards or dominoes) |
essere di ruolo noun | tenure(status of having a permanent post) |
essere differente verb | differ [differed, differing, differs](not to have the same characteristics) |
essere disteso verb | lie [lied, lied, lying, lies](be in horizontal position) |
essere diverso verb | differ [differed, differing, differs](not to have the same characteristics) |
essere evasivo verb | prevaricate [prevaricated, prevaricating, prevaricates](shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate) |
essere fatto verb | blotto(to be annihilated or destroyed) |
essere fatto per verb | mean [meant, meant, meaning, means](to intend (something) for a given purpose or fate) |