Monday, September 5, 2011

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Word 126

GRIGIO:

adjective
  1. grey
  2. grizzly
  3. dun
  4. grizzled
  5. dingy
  6. hoar

Word 125

PURPUREO:

adjective
  1. purple

Word 124

AZZURRO:

adjective
  1. blue
  2. azure
  3. sky-blue

Word 123

BLU:

adjective
  1. blue

Word 122

BRUNO:

adjective
  1. brown
  2. dark
  3. swarthy

Word 121

BIANCO:

adjective
  1. white
  2. blank

Word 120

NERO:

adjective
  1. black
  2. dark
  3. sable
  4. gloomy
  5. tanned
  6. dire

Word 119

ROSSO:

noun

  1. redhead
adjective
  1. red
  2. gules

Word 118

GIALLO:

adjective
  1. yellow
  2. detective
noun
  1. whodunit
  2. amber light
  3. mystery novel

Word 117

VERDE:

adjective
  1. green

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Word 116

TROPPO:

adjective
  1. overmuch
adverb
  1. too
  2. too much
  3. over
  4. overly
  5. too many

conjunction
  1. so

Word 115

ABBASTANZA:


adverb
  1. enough
  2. quite
  3. fairly
  4. rather
  5. relatively
  6. tolerably

adjective
  1. some

Word 114

BASTARE:

verb
  1. suffice
  2. be enough
  3. be sufficient
  4. do
  5. last

Monday, August 1, 2011

Word 113

DURO:

adjective
  1. hard
  2. tough
  3. harsh
  4. severe
  5. rough
  6. stiff
  7. bitter
  8. tight
  9. sharp
  10. rugged
  11. trying
  12. grueling
  13. dull
  14. hard-hearted
  15. steely
  16. adamant
  17. swingeing
  18. testing
  19. flinty

Word 112

MOLLE:

adjective
  1. soft
  2. flabby
  3. tender
  4. weak
  5. lax
  6. squashy
  7. feeble
  8. crummy

Word 111

RILASSARE:

verb
  1. relax
  2. unbend

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Word 106

SPINGERE:

verb
  1. push
  2. drive
  3. propel
  4. urge
  5. go
  6. prompt
  7. induce
  8. thrust
  9. shove
  10. impel
  11. wheel
  12. blow
  13. rush
  14. poke
  15. hustle
  16. jostle
  17. jog

Word 106

SCALDARE:

verb

  1. heat
  2. warm
  3. heat up
  4. get excited
  5. give out heat

Word 105

SCUSARE:

verb

  1. excuse
  2. apologize
  3. forgive
  4. pardon
  5. justify
  6. extenuate
  7. make one's excuses
  8. justify oneself

Word 104

RALLENTARE:

verb
  1. slow down
  2. slow
  3. decelerate
  4. slacken
  5. reduce speed
  6. check
  7. die down
  8. put back

Word 103

SPIRARE:

verb
  1. expire
  2. express
  3. give off
  4. pass over

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Word 102

LONTANO:

adjective
  1. far
  2. distant
  3. off
  4. remote
  5. back
  6. far off
  7. faraway
  8. absent
  9. wide
  10. faint
  11. slight
adverb
  1. away
  2. afar
  3. way
  4. a long way
  5. apart
  6. aloof
  7. far afield
  8. in the distance
  9. distantly

Word 101

ALLONTANARE:

verb
  1. remove
  2. avert
  3. turn away
  4. stave off
  5. depart
  6. send away
  7. estrange
  8. go off

Word 100

LONTANANZA:

noun

  1. distance
  2. remoteness
  3. absence

Monday, July 18, 2011

Word 99

GIUDICARE:

verb

  1. judge
  2. consider
  3. try
  4. adjudicate
  5. think
  6. regard
  7. rate
  8. deem
  9. convict
  10. pass sentence
  11. find
  12. repute
  13. call

Word 98

ALTO:

noun

  1. up
  2. height
adjective
  1. high
  2. tall
  3. deep
  4. loud
  5. lofty
  6. overhead
  7. noble
  8. wide

Word 97

POTENZA:

noun

  1. power
  2. strength
  3. potency
  4. might
  5. input
  6. puissance

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Word 91

APPOGGIARE:

verb

  1. support
  2. rest
  3. lean
  4. lay
  5. stand
  6. rely
  7. prop
  8. countenance
  9. forward
  10. second
  11. patronize

Word 90

STARE:

verb

  1. be
  2. stay
  3. stand
  4. remain
  5. sit
  6. live
  7. rest
  8. go
  9. lie
  10. do
  11. be up

Word 89

DARE:

verb

  1. give
  2. set
  3. allow
  4. grant
  5. yield
  6. bestow
  7. debit
  8. hand
  9. cast
  10. administer
  11. hold forth

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Word 88

FREDDO:


  1. noun
    1. coldness
    2. chilliness
  2. adjective
    1. cold
    2. cool
    3. chill
    4. chilly
    5. raw
    6. wintry
    7. bleak
    8. cold-hearted
    9. stiff
    10. winterly
    11. nonchalant

Word 87

CALDO:

  1. noun
    1. heat
    2. warmth
    3. hot weather
  2. adjective
    1. hot
    2. warm
    3. ardent
    4. fervent

Monday, June 27, 2011

Word 68

RICORDARE:

verb
  1. remember
  2. recall
  3. remind
  4. mention
  5. mind

Word 67

AMMALARSI:

verb
  1. fall ill
  2. sicken

Word 66

MORIRE:

verb
  1. die
  2. perish
  3. die out
  4. end
  5. die away
  6. expire
  7. die down
  8. fade
  9. go out
  10. spoil

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Word 65

PROIBIRE:

verb
  1. prohibit
  2. forbid
  3. ban
  4. inhibit

Word 64

SFRUTTARE:

verb

  1. exploit
  2. take advantage of
  3. work
  4. make the most of
  5. profit by
  6. push
  7. overwork
  8. trade on
  9. sweat

Word 63

FRUTTO:

noun

  1. fruit
  2. product
  3. offspring
  4. interest
  5. return

Friday, June 24, 2011

Word 62

RICCO:

noun
  1. rich person
adjective
  1. rich
  2. full
  3. wealthy
  4. abundant
  5. abounding
  6. affluent
  7. sumptuous
  8. loaded
  9. valuable
  10. rife
  11. mellow
  12. moneyed
  13. pursy
  14. well-to-do

Word 61

RICCIO:

noun

  1. hedgehog
  2. frizz
  3. curlicue
  4. bur
adjective
  1. curly

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Word 60

GRASSO:

noun
  1. grease
adjective
  1. fat
  2. fatty
  3. greasy
  4. fleshy
  5. obese
  6. gross
  7. tubby
  8. pursy

Word 59

MAGRO:

adjective

  1. thin
  2. lean
  3. skinny
  4. slim
  5. meager
  6. low-fat
  7. skimmed
  8. poor
  9. scrawny
  10. scant
  11. scraggy
  12. lame

Word 58

DIMAGRIRE:

verb

  1. lose weight
  2. slim
  3. grow thin
  4. reduce
  5. slenderize
  6. make thin

Word 57

RIDURRE:

verb

  1. reduce
  2. decrease
  3. cut
  4. shorten
  5. be reduced
  6. shrink
  7. cut down
  8. curtail
  9. bring down
  10. drive
  11. abate
  12. prune
  13. depress
  14. abridge
  15. pare down
  16. adapt
  17. rebate
  18. remit
  19. reduce oneself
  20. bate
  21. turn into

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Word 32

TRADIRE:

verb
  1. betray
  2. deceive
  3. fail
  4. belie
  5. be unfaithful to
  6. shop
  7. betray oneself

Word 31

TRADURRE:

verb
  1. translate
  2. express
  3. render

Monday, May 30, 2011

Day 16

STARE:

verb

  1. be
  2. stay
  3. stand
  4. remain
  5. sit
  6. live
  7. go
  8. rest
  9. lie
  10. do
  11. be up

Day 15

SCUSARE:

verb
  1. excuse
  2. apologize
  3. forgive
  4. pardon
  5. justify
  6. extenuate
  7. make one's excuses
  8. justify oneself

Thursday, May 26, 2011

DAY 12

PITTURA:

noun

  1. painting
  2. paint
  3. picture
  4. depiction
  5. enamel

Day 11

SCOLPIRE:

verb
  1. sculpt
  2. carve
  3. sculpture
  4. engrave
  5. inscribe
  6. grave

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

DAY 9

FARFALLA:

noun
  1. butterfly
  2. moth

DAY 8

RIUSCIRE:

verb
  1. be able
  2. succeed
  3. manage
  4. be successful
  5. be
  6. come out
  7. result
  8. snatch
  9. be good at
  10. be clever at
  11. go out again
  12. pan out
  13. click

Monday, May 23, 2011

Day 7

PORRE:

verb
  1. put
  2. place
  3. set
  4. lay
  5. pose
  6. stand
  7. put oneself
  8. place oneself

Day 6

IMMETTERE:

verb
  1. introduce
  2. put in
  3. let
  4. pump
  5. admit
  6. get into
  7. pump in
  8. lead to
  9. get out

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Day 3

PERICOLOSO:


adjective
  1. dangerous
  2. hazardous
  3. unsafe
  4. perilous
  5. risky
  6. treacherous
  7. nasty
  8. vicious
  9. breakneck

Day 2

PERIRE:
verb


1. perish
2. die

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Day 1

This is my word-a-day learn Italian blog. I hope to visit Italy in a couple of years and want to be able to speak the language!

CONOSCERE:

verb
  1. know
  2. meet
  3. understand
  4. hear
  5. experience
  6. recognize
  7. know each other
  8. distinguish
  9. listen to