Common Italian Words

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100	può
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of potere
	potere
1. v. can, could; be able to
2. v. may, might; be possible to
3. n. power
101	dire	©
1. v. to say, tell
2. v. to recite
3. v. to mean
4. v. to think
5. v. to admit
102	tempo	©
1. n. time
2. n. time, age, period
bei tempi! - those were the days!
3. n. part (of a film, show, etc.)
primo tempo, secondo tempo - first part, second part (of a film)
103	casa
1. n. house
2. n. home
3. n. shop
4. n. (board games) square
5. n. family, dynasty, descent, extraction, stock, lineage, birth, origin, race (in the sense of the preceding words, not "human race")
104	sta
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of stare
2. v. second-person singular imperative of stare
	stare
1. v. (intransitive) to stay, remain
2. v. (intransitive, followed by a) to keep, stick
3. v. (intransitive, followed by a gerund) to be doing something (present continuous)
105	dove	©
1. conj. where
Lo troverai dove l'hai lasciato. - You'll find it where you left it.
2. adv. (interrogative) where, whereabouts
Dove vai? - Where are you going?
Dove vivi? - Whereabouts do you live?
106	vita	©
1. n-f. life
2. n-f. waist
107	sulla
1. contraction. contraction of su la; on the
	su
1. adv. up, upstairs
2. interj. come on!
3. prep. on, upon, onto, on top
4. prep. over
	la
1. art. the
2. pron. (accusative) her, it
3. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect)
108	guerra	©
1. n. (also figuratively) war, warfare
109	dopo	©
1. adv. after, later
2. prep. it-prep
3. prep. after
4. conj. then
110	ora	©
1. n. hour (period of 60 minutes)
2. n. time (of day), hour
Che ora è? - What time is it?
3. adv. now
4. conj. and yet
111	quel
1. adj. Apocopic form of quello, used before a consonant that is not impure.
112	alle
1. contraction. contraction of a le; to the, at the
	a
1. prep. in
2. prep. at
3. prep. to
4. prep. Indicates the direct object, mainly to avoid confusion when it, the subject, or both are displaced, or for emphasis
	le
1. art. the
2. pron. (accusative) them (third-person plural feminine)
3. pron. (dative) her, to her
113	niente	©
1. pron. nothing
Cosa fai? Niente. - What are you doing? Nothing.
2. pron. anything
Hai bisogno di niente? - Do you need anything?
Non voglio niente da mangiare. - I don't want anything to eat.
114	ed
1. conj. alternative form of e and - (before a vowel) and
Parlo italiano ed esperanto. - I speak Italian and Esperanto.
115	noi	©
1. pron. we; us
116	volta	©
1. n. time, instance, occasion
a volte - sometimes
due volte alla settimana - twice a week
tre volte tre fa nove - three times three is nine
2. n. turn
	voltare
1. v. to turn
2. v. (transitive, rare) to translate
3. v. (intransitive) to turn
	volto
1. adj. facing
2. adj. concerning
3. n. face
4. v. masculine singular past participle of volgere
5. v. masculine singular past participle of volvere
117	molto	©
1. adv. much, very much, a lot
2. adv. (with an adverb or adjective) very, really, very much
3. adv. (in expressions of comparison) much, far, a lot
4. adv. long, a long time
5. adj. in the plural many, a lot of, lots of
118	vero	©
1. adj. true
Se non è vero, è ben trovato.
If it is not true, it is a good story.
2. adj. real, genuine
3. n. truth
119	so
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of sapere - (I) know
Non lo so. - I don't know (it).
Lo so io! - (But) I do (know it)!
	sapere
1. v. to know information
2. v. to be able to, can, could (know how to)
3. v. to taste, smell
4. v. to come to know, become informed of, find out

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