Avverbi

Question 1

bonariamente

Answer 1

good-naturedly

Question 2

chissà

Answer 2

1 (= forse) perhaps, maybe
• “esci domani?” “chissà” - “are you going out tomorrow?” “maybe”
• chissà se verrà all’appuntamento - maybe he’ll come to the appointment

2 who knows, I wonder
• chissà chi è stato a lasciare il telefono fuori posto - who knows who left the telephone off the hook
• chissà come andrà a finire - who knows how it will end
• chissà cos’è - I wonder what it is

Question 3

perfino

persino

Answer 3

even (including)

Question 4

tantomeno

Answer 4

let alone, even less so

Question 5

perlomeno

Answer 5

at least

Question 6

perlopiù

Answer 6

generally, in general, in most cases, for the most part, mostly
• perlopiù i giovani d’oggi la pensano così - generally today’s young people think that way
• alla festa c’erano perlopiù donne - at the party there were mostly women
• viaggia perlopiù in aereo - in general he travels by air

Question 7

sensibilmente

Answer 7

1 (tramite i sensi) sensibly, sensitively
• percepire sensibilmente - to perceive through the senses

2 (= notevolmente) notably, markedly, significantly, remarkably
• le condizioni del paziente sono sensibilmente migliorate - the patient’s condition has improved remarkably
• la produzione è sensibilmente calata - production has dropped significantly

Question 8

altroché

Answer 8

(sì) absolutely, certainly

• “Ti piace?” – “Altroché!” - “Do you like it?” – “Sure!”

Question 9

ostentatamente

Answer 9

ostentatiously

Question 10

platealmente

Answer 10

theatrically, spectacularly, ostentatiously

Question 11

spudoratamente

Answer 11

impudently, shamelessly

Question 12

alquanto

Answer 12

enough, fairly, quite (a bit), considerably, rather, somewhat, pretty (coll)
• è stato alquanto generoso con noi - he has really been quite generous to us
• è alquanto giovane - she’s pretty young
• ora mi sento alquanto meglio - I’m feeling altogether better now
• il progresso ha alquanto alterato i rapporti umani - progress has changed human relations considerably

Question 13

sottosopra

Answer 13

1 (= capovolto) upside down, topsy-turvy, (= a rovescio) wrong side up
• tenere il giornale sottosopra - to hold the newspaper upside down
• hai messo la tovaglia sottosopra - you’ve put the tablecloth on wrong side up

2 (= in disordine) topsy-turvy, upside down, in a shambles, in a clutter/mess
• essere sottosopra - to be in a mess
• mettere un luogo sottosopra alla ricerca di qs - to scour a place for sth
• mettere sottosopra - to disorder, to upset, to mess up, to turn upside down
• la stanza era tutta sottosopra - the room was in a terrible mess
• trovai la casa sottosopra - I found the house in a shambles

Question 14

addirittura

Answer 14

1.1 (= assolutamente) absolutely, completely, totally, quite
• tutto ciò è addirittura ridicolo - that is all quite ridiculous

1.2 (= persino) (enfat) even, if not
• gli rubarono addirittura gli abiti che indossava - they stole even the clothes he was wearing

2 (= direttamente) directly
• vediamoci addirittura all’aeroporto - let’s meet directly at the airport

Question 15

altrove

Answer 15

elsewhere, somewhere else
• grazie lo stesso, mi rivolgerò altrove - thank you anyway, I’ll try somewhere else
• in quel periodo ero altrove - at that time I was elsewhere

Question 16

apposta

Answer 16

1 (= deliberatamente) on purpose, designedly, deliberately, purposely, intentionally
• fatto apposta - contrived
• nemmeno a farlo apposta - without meaning to, as luck would have it
• non l’ho fatto apposta - I didn’t do it on purpose
• l’hai fatto apposta - you did it purposely

2 (= espressamente) specially, expressly
• venne apposta per parlarmi - he came specially to talk to me

3 (= proprio) just, simply
• l’hanno raccontato apposta per farti arrabbiare - they reported it just to make you angry

4 (in funzione di a inv) special, specially made/designed
• ho un libretto apposta per le ricette - I have a special notebook for recipes

Question 17

manco

Answer 17

not even
• Non dirlo manco per scherzo! - Don’t even joke about it!
• manco per idea! - absolutely not
• non lo farei manco se mi pagassi - I wouldn’t do it even if you paid me

Question 18

tantomeno

Answer 18

much less, even less, least of all, certainly not, let alone, especially not
• Non aiuta nessuno, tantomeno voi. - It’s not helping anyone, least of all you.

Question 19

specie

Answer 19

especially

• non fare menzione dell’accaduto, specie alla stampa - don’t mention what happened, especially to the press

Question 20

sovrapensiero

Answer 20

lost in thought