Italienska | Engelska |
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dolci noun | sweets(confectionery, candy) |
dolciastro adjective {m} | saccharine(excessively sweet, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness) |
dolcificante noun {m} | sugar substitute(food additives) sweetener [sweeteners](food additive) |
dolcificato adjective | sweet [sweeter, sweetest](containing a sweetening ingredient) |
dolciumi noun {m-Pl} | confectionery [confectioneries](sweet foodstuffs (collectively)) |
addolcire verb | soften [softened, softening, softens]((transitive) To make something soft or softer) sweeten [sweetened, sweetening, sweetens](to make sweet to the taste) |
addolcitore noun | water softener(device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water) |
sdolcinato adjective | cloying(excessively sweet) corny [cornier, corniest](excessively sentimental) maudlin(affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner) sugary [sugarier, sugariest](covered with or containing a large amount of sugar) |
sdolcinato noun {m} | namby-pamby(one who is insipid, sentimental or weak) |
sdolcinato adjective {m} | icky(excessively sentimental) namby-pamby(insipid and sentimental) saccharine(excessively sweet, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness) sappy [sappier, sappiest](excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy) |