Italian | English |
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appuntamento noun {m} | tryst [trysts](prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) |
appuntamento al buio noun {m} | blind date(romantic meeting between two people who have never met before) |
appuntamento di copertura noun | beard [beards](opposite-sex companion of a gay person) |
appuntamento veloce verb | speed date(date in a speed dating event) |
appuntare verb | pin [pinned, pinning, pins](to fasten/attach with a pin) write out(to write at full length) |
appuntare le proprie speranze su verb | pin one's hopes on(to place all one's trust in) |
appuntaspilli noun {m} | pincushion [pincushions](device designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it) |
appuntato noun | constable [constables](police officer rank) |
appuntato noun {m} | private [privates](soldier) |
camminare in punta di piedi verb | tiptoe [tiptoed, tiptoeing, tiptoes](to walk quietly) |
cane da punta noun {m} | pointer [pointers](hunting dog) |
casa d'appuntamenti noun {f} | brothel [brothels](house of prostitution) |
casella di spunta noun {f} | checkbox(A place on a form that can be checked or not) |
contare sulla punta delle dita verb | |
elenco puntato noun {m} | bulleted list(list) |
impuntarsi verb | dig in one's heels(to act in a determined manner) jib [jibbed, jibbing, jibs]((horse) to stop, refuse to proceed) |
impuntatura noun {f} | fancy [fancies](Love or amorous attachment) |
inappuntabilità noun {f} | impeccability(the property of being impeccable) |
ora di punta noun {f} | rush hour(times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) |
parli del diavolo e spuntano le corna phrase | speak of the devil(expression used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive) |
segno di spunta noun {m} | tick [ticks](checkmark) |
spuntare verb | blunt [blunted, blunting, blunts](to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker) break [broke, broken, breaking, breaks](of morning: to arrive) dawn [dawned, dawning, dawns](to begin to brighten with daylight) erupt [erupted, erupting, erupts](to spontaneously release pressure or tension) grow((intransitive) to appear or sprout) peep [peeped, peeping, peeps](to look) pop up(to appear without warning) |
spuntare fuori verb | bob [bobbed, bobbing, bobs](move vertically at surface of water) |
spuntarla verb | make it(to become famous and successful) |
spuntata noun | trim [trims](a moderate haircut) |
spuntato noun | cancel(mark cancelling a sharp or flat) |
spuntato adjective | blunt [blunter, bluntest](having a thick edge or point, not sharp) dull [duller, dullest](lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp) |
spuntatura noun {f} | rib [ribs](cut of meat) |
sulla punta della lingua preposition | on the tip of one's tongue(known but not quite remembered) |
trapunta noun {f} | quilt [quilts](bed covering) |
trapuntare verb | quilt [quilted, quilting, quilts](to construct a quilt) |