Italian | English |
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zio noun {m} | dude [dudes](colloquial: term of address for a young man) maternal uncle(brother of one's mother) paternal uncle [paternal uncles](brother of one's father) uncle [uncles](brother (or brother-in-law) of someone’s parent) |
zio materno noun {m} | maternal uncle(brother of one's mother) |
zio mezzo noun | half-uncle(half-brother of one's parent) |
zio paterno noun {m} | paternal uncle [paternal uncles](brother of one's father) |
Zio Sam proper noun {m} | Uncle Sam(personification of the United States federal government or citizens) |
-izzazione | -ization(act, process, or result of doing something) |
-zione | -tion(producing a noun meaning the action or effect of a verb) |
-zione {f} | -ation(-ation (suffix)) -ing(act of doing something) |
a condizione che conjunction | as long as(if, assuming) provided(only if) |
a conduzione familiare adjective | mom-and-pop(small and unsophisticated because run by a couple) |
a discrezione adjective | optional(not compulsory) |
a parità di condizioni adverb | all things being equal(without considering external factors) |
a ripetizione noun {m} | repeater [repeaters](a gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot) |
a rotazione adverb | by turns(One after the other; successively; alternating) |
a varie interpretazioni noun {f} | equivocal(A word or expression capable of different meanings) |
abbreviazione noun {f} | abbreviation [abbreviations](shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase) |
abbreviazione adjective {f} | short [shorter, shortest](constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) |
abdicazione noun {f} | abdication [abdications](the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder) renunciation(the resignation of an ecclesiastical office) |
abduzione noun {f} | abduction [abductions](physiology: movement separating limb from axis) |
aberrazione noun {f} | aberration [aberrations](act of wandering or deviation; abnormality) |
abiezione noun {f} | degradation [degradations](act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing) |
abilitazione noun {f} | habilitation [habilitations](postdoctoral academic qualification required for tenure) |
abitazione noun {f} | dwelling [dwellings](house or place in which a person lives) |
abitazione isolata noun {f} | detached house(free-standing family dwelling unit) homestead [homesteads](house together with surrounding land and buildings) |
abito tradizionale tirolese noun {m} | dirndl(traditional Alpine women's dress) |
ablaqueazione noun {f} | ablaqueation(process of laying bare the roots of trees) |
ablegazione noun {f} | ablegation(expulsion, banishment) |
abluzione noun {f} | ablution [ablutions](the act of washing or cleansing) |
abluzioni noun {f-Pl} | ablution [ablutions](the water used in cleansing) |
abnegazione noun {f} | abnegation(denial; renunciation) generosity [generosities](the trait of being willing to donate) self-denial(action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others) self-sacrifice [self-sacrifices](giving up of one's own benefit) |