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È un pasticcione, ma nonostante tutto gli vogliamo bene

Translation

He is a bungler, but nevertheless we love him



Analysis


È
     essere
          1. v. (intransitive, indicating existence, identity, location, or state) to be, to stay
          2. v. (auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something); to
          3. v. (impersonal, of a duration of time since an event) to have passed
          4. n. being
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. n. one
     3. adj. one
     4. pron. one
pasticcione
     1. adj. bungling
     2. adj. clumsy
     3. n-m. bungler
     4. n-m. butterfingers
     5. n-m. messy person
ma
     1. conj. but
     2. n. abbreviation of mamma
     3. interj. (informal, emphatic) Indicates emotion or emphasis.
     4. interj. (informal) Used to introduce a new topic or a question.
nonostante
     1. conj. though (+ conjunctive)
     2. conj. in spite of; notwithstanding
     3. conj. despite that
tutto
     1. adj. all
     2. pron. everything, all
     3. pron. anything
     4. adv. entirely, quite
     5. adv. all over
     6. n. whole
nonostante tutto
     1. adv. after all
gli
     1. art. (Form of the article (m, it, i, , the) used before a vowel, it, dei, , gods); the
     2. pron. (dative) him, to him; it; to it
     3. pron. (dative, informal) her, to her
     4. pron. (dative) them, to them
vogliamo
     1. v. first-person plural present indicative of volere
     2. v. first-person plural present subjunctive of volere
     3. v. first-person plural imperative of volere
     volere
          1. v. to want
          2. n. will, wish, desire, want
bene
     1. adj. upper-class, posh, high
     2. adv. (comparative: meglio; superlative: benissimo)
     3. adv. well, nicely, OK, right
     4. adv. properly, correctly, rightly
     5. adv. thoroughly, carefully
     6. adv. as much as, as many as
     7. interj. good!; fine!
     8. n. good
     9. n. (chiefly in the plural) goods, property, possessions, belongings, assets
     10. n. sake, good
     11. n. happiness
     12. n. sweetheart, darling, love, bless someone's cotton socks
     13. n. asset




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