Italian-Idiomatic-Expressions-02 Flashcards
English-to-Italian-Expressions (262 cards)
1
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to break under torture
A
crollare sotto le torture
2
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to call somebody an idiot / to call someone an idiot
A
dare dell’idiota a qualcuno
3
Q
to have a child
A
fare un figlio
4
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to keep silent / to be quiet
A
fare silenzio
5
Q
to make an effort
A
fare uno sforzo
6
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to break a journey / to take a break / to make a stop
A
fare una sosta
7
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to play the fool
A
fare lo stupido
8
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to burst out laughing
A
scoppiare a ridere
9
Q
I’m boiling
A
scoppio dal caldo
10
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to break a scandal
A
scoppiare uno scandalo
11
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to burst out crying
A
scoppiare a piangere
12
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to burst out sobbing
A
scoppiare in singhiozzi
13
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to burst a balloon
A
scoppiare un palloncino
14
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to break the heart
A
spezzare il cuore
15
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to value / to hold dear
A
tenerci
16
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to break in a horse / to tame a horse
A
domare un cavallo
17
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to watch out / to be careful / to make sure / to pay attention
A
fare attenzione
18
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to do the laundry
A
fare il bucato
19
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to make a noise / to make a mess / to make trouble
A
fare casino
20
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to pay a compliment
A
fare un complimento
21
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to shower / to have a shower
A
fare la doccia
22
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to do a favour
A
fare un favore
23
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to take a ride / to take a spin / to take a tour / to do a tour
A
fare un giro
24
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to go for a stroll / to go for a walk / to take a walk / to take a stroll / to have a walk
A
fare una passeggiata
25
to do the cleaning
fare le pulizie
26
to make a mistake
fare uno sbaglio
27
to take a journey / to make a journey / to take a trip
fare un viaggio
28
to burst a bubble
scoppiare una bolla
29
to blow a tyre / to burst a tyre
scoppiare uno pneumatico
30
to break the news
comunicare una notizia
31
to matter / to be relevant / to have to do with something
entrarci
32
to take a step
fare un passo
33
to take a nap / to have a nap
fare un pisolino
34
to do one's duty
fare il proprio dovere
35
to take part
prendere parte
36
to realise / to realize
rendersi conto
37
to break the phone / (mobile)
rompere il cellulare
38
to break a leg
rompere una gamba
39
to break a relationship
rompere un rapporto
40
to explode a bomb / to blow up a bomb
scoppiare una bomba
41
I'm fit to burst / I'm bursting at the seams / I am fit to burst / I am bursting at the seams / I am full to bursting
sono pieno da scoppiare
42
to break a promise
venire meno a una promessa
43
to take a risk / to run a risk
correre un rischio
44
to run the risk / to take the risk
correre il rischio
45
to do business
fare affari
46
to make friends
fare amicizia
47
to make a speech
fare un discorso
48
to take an exam
fare un esame
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to take a photo
fare una foto
50
to have an outing / to make a trip / to take a trip
fare una gita
51
to have an accident
fare un incidente
52
to make an offer
fare un'offerta
53
to do the dishes
fare i piatti
54
to play dumb
fare il finto tonto
55
to break a habit
liberarsi da un'abitudine
56
my head is pounding
mi scoppia la testa
57
to lose out
rimetterci
58
to irritate somebody / to annoy somebody / to irritate someone / to annoy someone
rompere le palle a qualcuno
59
to have it in for somebody / to have it in for someone
avercela con qualcuno
60
to give up one's seat
cedere il posto
61
to manage to do / to cope / to succeed
farcela
62
to take a bath / to have a bath
fare un bagno
63
to have a chat
fare una chiacchierata
64
to have a party
fare una festa
65
to take a break / to have an intermission
fare un intervallo
66
to have a game / (sport)
fare una partita
67
to have a dream
fare un sogno
68
to break one's word
mancare alla parola
69
to burst into tears
scoppiare in lacrime
70
to break out a war / to start a war
scoppiare una guerra
71
to break out an epidemic
scoppiare un'epidemia
72
to break out a fire
scoppiare un incendio
73
to break out a quarrel
scoppiare una lite
74
to realize it / to realise it / to notice it / to become aware of it
accorgersene
75
to take advantage of / to exploit
approfittarsene
76
to get by / to manage / to muddle through / to get off lightly
cavarsela
77
to wash one's hands of something
lavarsene le mani
78
to bear a grudge against somebody / to bear a grudege against someone
legarsela al dito
79
to do everything you can possibly do
mettercela tutta
80
to take time / (used in personal sense)
metterci
81
to have a good time in life / to be doing well
passarsela bene
82
to get offended with someone over something
prendersela con qualcuno per qualcosa
83
to finish something / to handle it / to manage it
sbrigarsela
84
to feel capable of doing something
sentirsela
85
pack it in / knock it off / stop it ; (imperative)
smetterla
86
to have a ball / to have a great time
spassarsela
87
to be saved by a miracle / to have a lucky escape / to have a narrow escape
vedersela brutta
88
to be needed / to take a certain amount of time / (generally used 3rd person - It takes ...)
volerci
89
to take / to want ; (ie to take a lot of effort / patience / etc .. to do something or to really want to do something)
volercene
90
whose turn is it?
a chi tocca?
91
to trust somebody / to have faith in somebody / to trust someone / to have faith in someone
avere fiducia in qualcuno
92
to be beside oneself / to be furious
essere fuori di sé
93
to be out of money / to run dry
essere a secco
94
to take a walk / to take two steps
fare due passi
95
to gain experience
farsi le ossa
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to work very hard
farsi in quattro
97
to have a chat / to have a little chat
fare quattro chiacchiere
98
before
prima di
99
to hold on / to not give up
tenere duro
100
a smart person / a capable person
un tipo in gamba
101
a foodie / a lover of food / a hearty eater
una buona forchetta
102
a good time person / a fun loving person
un buontempone
103
a parochial minded person
un campanilista
104
a scatterbrain
un casinista / un pasticcione
105
a boaster
un fanfarone / uno spaccone
106
to hit the nail on the head
imbroccarla giusta
107
a jinx
un menagramo
108
a sulker / a moper
un musone
109
a pimp / a panderer / a ruffian
un ruffiano
110
I am content to
sono contento di
111
I am happy to
sono felice di
112
a bore / a drone
un attaccabottoni
113
in abundance
a bizzeffe
114
at point-blank / point-blank
a bruciapelo
115
a practical joker
un burlone / un mattacchione
116
a scoundrel / a rascal / a slob
un cialtrone
117
a sleepyhead
un dormiglione
118
a gourmand / (someone who has a sweet tooth)
un golosone
119
a busybody / a snooper / a nosy parker
un impiccione / un ficcanaso
120
a troublemaker
un piantagrane
121
a newcomer / a greenhorn
un pivello
122
a pain in the neck / a pest
un rompiscatole
123
a lazybones / a shirker / a slacker
uno scansafatiche
124
a turncoat
un voltagabbana
125
at the back of beyond / in the middle of nowhere
a casa del diavolo
126
haphazardly / at random
a casaccio
127
light heartedly
a cuor leggero
128
to catch somebody off guard / to catch someone off guard ; (unawares, off balance)
cogliere qualcuno alla sprovvista
129
to make a dash for it / to beat a hasty retreat
correre a gambe levate / scappare a gambe levate
130
like wildfire
a macchia d'olio
131
reluctantly
a malincuore
132
gradually / little by little
mano a mano
133
hand in hand
mano nella mano
134
more or less / roughly
a occhio e croce
135
perfectly / to perfection
a pennello
136
to laugh until one's sides ache
ridere a crepapelle
137
downhill / to the dogs
a rotoli
138
at someone else's expense / scrounging
a sbafo / a scrocco / a ufo
139
at the top of one's voice
a squarciagola
140
face to face
a tu per tu
141
to be cheeky
avere la faccia tosta
142
to have guts
avere fegato
143
to be a spendthrift
avere le mani bucate
144
to be blinkered
avere gli occhi foderati di prosciutto
145
to look for a needle in a haystack
cercare un ago in un pagliaio
146
to catch red-handed / to catch in the act
cogliere in flagranza
147
through gritted teeth
a denti stretti
148
the means / the resources / the assets / the supplies / the availability / the accessibility
la disponibilità
149
to be broke
essere al verde
150
a lazybones
un fancazzista / un fannullone
151
to have the hots for / to fancy
fare il filo
152
to get wise to / to catch on to / to get the hang of
mangiare la foglia
153
a male chauvinist
un maschilista
154
a self-centred person / a person who could not care less / someone who could not care less / somebody who could not care less
un menefreghista
155
I could have wept
mi sono cascate le braccia
156
to bite one's tongue
mordersi la lingua
157
to kill two birds with one stone
prendere due piccioni con una fava
158
to underestimate / to devalue
prendere sotto gamba
159
to effect / to have repercussions on
ripercuotersi
160
a jingoistic person
uno sciovinista
161
an eager beaver
uno stacanovista
162
to be indecisive
tenere il piede in due scarpe
163
to prove to be / to happen / to occur / to take place
verificarsi
164
to notice / to become aware
accorgersi di
165
to admit to / (doing something)
ammettere di
166
to need to / to have need of
avere bisogno di
167
to have the right to / (do something)
avere il diritto di
168
to intend to / to have the intention of / (doing something)
avere intenzione di
169
to be afraid of / to be afraid to
avere paura di
170
to have the time to / (do something)
avere il tempo di
171
to want to / (do something)
avere voglia di
172
to try to / to seek to / to look to / (do something)
cercare di
173
to ask about / to ask for
chiedere di
174
to confess to / (doing something)
confessare di
175
to believe / (someone doing something)
credere di
176
to decide to / (do something)
decidere di
177
to forget to / (do something) ; (followed by inf)
dimenticarsi di
178
to say / (as in to say yes/no)
dire di
179
to doubt / (something or someone)
dubitare di
180
to avoid / (doing something)
evitare di
181
to pretend to / (do something)
fingere di
182
to finish / (doing something)
finire di
183
to imagine / (doing something)
immaginare di
184
to prevent / (someone from)
impedire di
185
to fall in love with / (somebody)
innamorarsi di
186
to complain about / (someone, something or doing something)
lamentarsi di
187
to deny / (having done something)
negare di
188
to order / (to do something)
ordinare di
189
to talk about / (someone, something or doing something)
parlare di
190
to have an opinion about / to think about ; (doing something)
pensare di
191
to make it possible to / to allow / to permit ; (someone to do something)
permettere di
192
to stop doing something / to pack it in
piantarla di
193
to pray to / to beg for / to ask ; (someone to do something)
pregare di
194
to worry about / (someone, something or doing something)
preoccuparsi di
195
to claim to / to expect to / to pretend to ; (do something)
pretendere di
196
to prohibit / (doing something)
proibire di
197
to promise to / (do something)
promettere di
198
to remember to
ricordarsi di
199
to refuse to / (do something)
rifiutarsi di
200
to apologise for / to apologize for /(doing something)
scusarsi di
201
to make an effort to / (do something)
sforzarsi di
202
to stop / (doing something)
smettere di
203
to dream about / to dream of / (something or doing something)
sognare di
204
to hope to
sperare di
205
to suggest
suggerire di
206
to fear
temere di
207
to attempt to / to try to
tentare di
208
to terminate / to cease / to stop / (doing something)
terminare di
209
to be ashamed of
vergognarsi di
210
to forbid
vietare di
211
to get used to
abituarsi a
212
to accompany
accompagnare a
213
to help
aiutare a
214
to go downhill / to be ruined / to go to pot
andare a rotoli
215
to arrive at / to get to / to reach / to manage to
arrivare a
216
to begin to / to commence
cominciare a
217
to continue / to continue to
continuare a
218
to persuade / to convince / (someone to)
convincere a
219
to rush to / to run to / to hurry
correre a
220
to compel / to force / (someone to)
costringere a
221
to believe in
credere a
222
to make up one's mind to / to resolve to
decidersi a
223
to enjoy doing something / to have fun doing something
divertirsi a fare qualcosa
224
to enter
entrare a
225
to make it / to have time to
fare in tempo a
226
to stop oneself
fermarsi a
227
to play / ( sport)
giocare a
228
to learn to / (do something)
imparare a
229
to encourage / (someone to)
incoraggiare a
230
to start to / to begin to
iniziare a
231
to teach / (someone)
insegnare a
232
to be interested in / to take an interest in / to have an interest in
interessarsi a
233
to invite / (someone to)
invitare a
234
to send / (something to someone)
mandare a
235
to get down to / to start to / to resolve to
mettersi a
236
to participate in
partecipare a
237
to think about ; (remember something) / to reflect
pensare a
238
to prepare to
preparare a
239
to get ready to do something
prepararsi a fare qualcosa
240
to endeavour to / to try to / to try
provare a
241
to stay to
restare a
242
to give up / to quit / to renounce
rinunciare a
243
to succeed to / to succeed in / to manage to
riuscire a
244
to come up / to go up
salire a
245
to hurry to / to get a move on
sbrigarsi a
246
to smile at
sorridere a
247
to telephone
telefonare a
248
to return to
tornare a
249
to go out to
uscire a
250
to come to
venire a
251
to love / to like
amare
252
to desire / to wish / to want
desiderare
253
to have to
dovere
254
to do / to make
fare
255
to leave / to let / to allow
lasciare
256
to please / to like
piacere
257
I like
mi piace
258
to be able
potere
259
to prefer
preferire
260
to know / (a fact)
sapere
261
to want
volere
262
to break under torture
crollare sotto le torture
