4. Cognetti Flashcards
(75 cards)
1
Q
caparbietà
A
stubbornness, obstinacy
2
Q
spavalderia
A
cheek, arrogance; brag
3
Q
assunzione
A
employment
4
Q
casermoni
A
barracks; (housing) estates
5
Q
ammansire
A
tame, coax, calm down
6
Q
attutire
A
muffle, deaden, cushion; ease, soften
7
Q
vetta
A
mountain top; summit, peak
8
Q
cavalcavia
A
flyover
9
Q
a scacchi
A
checked
10
Q
di velluto
A
velvet, corduroy
11
Q
stambecco
A
ibex, rock goat, steinbock
12
Q
ghiacciaio
A
glacier
13
Q
andare a spasso
A
go for a stroll, walk around
14
Q
baita
A
= typical alpine building used fir housing or stabling; (mountain) chalet
15
Q
aggrovigliare
A
to (en)tangle
16
Q
cantilena
A
lullaby; singsong; whining
17
Q
rampone
A
harpoon. crampon
18
Q
pedana
A
footboard. springboard; piste; throwing circle
19
Q
stufo
A
be fed up with
20
Q
crepaccio
A
large crack, fissure; crevasse
21
Q
malora
A
hell
22
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catasta
A
pile, stack
23
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salamoia
A
brine
24
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lamiera
A
sheet metal
25
cantina
cellar
26
rupe
cliff, rock
27
una strada sterrata
dirt road
28
falsopiano
slight slope
29
falciare
reap, scythe, mow, cut; mow down; bring down
30
zattera
raft
31
fienile
hayloft
32
rudere
ruins, wreck
33
frana
landslip, landslide
34
strofinare
rub, polish, wipe
35
ruvido
rough, coarse
36
ghisa
cast iron
37
tracimare
burst its banks, overflow
38
bricco
kettle, jug
39
rovente
red hot
40
betulla
birch
41
slavina
snow slide
42
irrequieto
restless, rowdy, unquiet
43
controvoglia
reluctantly, grudgingly
44
muschio
moss
45
macigno
rock, boulder; sandstone, grit
46
congegnare
put together, assemble, devise, contrive
47
borraccia
flask, bottle, canteen
48
acuminare
sharpen
49
foschia
haze, mist, haziness
50
pantano
quagmire, bog; mire, mud
51
arroccare
to move troops behind defence lines; to castle; to retreat
52
felce
fern
53
acquitrino
marsh, swamp, bog, quagmire
54
asciutto
dry; hard(ened); sober; bald; concise; curt; lean
55
moietta
strap, strapping
56
ispido
bristly, wiry, brushy; crabby, crusty
57
unto
greasy; oily, slimy
58
adibire
to use (as), to give over (to); to equip
59
sterco
droppings, cowpat
60
stracciare
to tear up, rip up, shred; comb; thrash, demolish [opposition]
61
crepito
crackle, pop, fizz, rustle
62
zappa
hoe
63
rastrello
rake
64
alpeggio
mountain pasture
65
panca
bench
66
sterpaglia
brushwood
67
levigato
smooth, polished, flawless
68
oziosamente
idly
69
frazione
fraction. hamlet
70
roulotte
caravan
71
inerpicarsi
clamber up
72
diroccato
in ruins, dilapidated, tumbledown
73
capriolo
roe deer, roebuck
74
ometto
pile. cf bonhomme
75
canottiera
vest
