Olasz | Angol |
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volere verb | desire [desired, desiring, desires](want emotionally or sexually) fancy [fancied, fancying, fancies](To imagine) hanker [hankered, hankering, hankers](to want) mean [meant, meant, meaning, means](to intend; plan on doing) want [wanted, wanting, wants](desire) will [willed, willed, willing, wills]verb wish [wished, wishing, wishes](to hope for an outcome) |
volere noun {m} | want(desire, wish, longing) |
dire verb | say [said, said, saying, says](to communicate verbally or in writing) tell [told, told, telling, tells](to pass information) utter [uttered, uttering, utters]verb |
Dire proper noun {f-Pl} | Dirae(Roman goddesses of vengence) |
volere bene verb | fond(be fond of, have affection for) love [loved, loving, loves](have a strong affection for) |
dire coglionate verb | bullshitverb |
dire cazzate verb | bullshit(tell lies, exaggerate) |
voler dire verb | mean [meant, meant, meaning, means](to convey, indicate) |
inutile dire verb | go without saying(to be obvious, apparent or clear) |
sentito dire noun | hearsay(information that was heard by one person about another) |
volere è potere phrase | where there is a will there is a way(if someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found) |
mai dire mai interjection | never say die(do not despair) |
non mi dire! interjection | you don't say(really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?) |
cioè a dire adverb | that is(in other words) |
per così dire adverb | so to speak(in a manner of speaking) |
per meglio dire phrase | to be precise(used to modify an earlier statement) |
modo di dire noun {m} | adage [adages](old saying) turn of phrase(expression which is worded in a distinctive way) |
dire una mezza verità verb {f} | bend the truth(change or leave out certain facts of a story) |
dire peste e corna verb | backbite [backbit, backbitten, backbiting, backbites](to make defamatory statements about another) |
a dire il vero interjection | truth be told(when admitting something one might otherwise lie about) |
a dire il vero adverb | to tell the truth(attestation to the truthfulness and frankness of a statement) |
o per meglio dire adverb | nay(or rather) |
non c'è che dire preposition | without a doubt(certainly; doubtlessly) |
Use the conditional of volere verb | would like(transitive) |
volere; Would you please turn off the TV? - Vuoi spegnere la tivù verb | would(used to express a polite request) |
dire pane al pane e vino al vino verb | call a spade a spade(to speak the truth) |
non dire gatto se non ce l'hai nel sacco phrase | don't count your chickens before they're hatched(one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur) |
tra il dire e il fare c'è di mezzo il mare phrase | there's many a slip twixt cup and lip(in any situation something can always go wrong) |