peso

it-adj

peso (feminine pesa, masculine plural pesi, feminine plural pese)

pesa (feminine)
pesi (masculine plural)
pese (feminine plural)

(informal, Tuscan, figurative) oppressive


replica

→ Crimean Tatar: replika

→ Dutch: replica

→ English: replica

→ Finnish: replika

→ French: réplique (see there for further descendants)

→ Polish: replika

→ Romanian: replică

→ Serbo-Croatian: rèplika

→ Turkish: replika


presto

Deverbal from prestare (“to lend”) + -o.

usury (practice of lending money at excessive interest rates)


pronuncia

Deverbal from pronunciare (“to pronounce, utter”) + -a.

it-deverbal

pronuncia tedesca


abbandono

(ethnology) a funeral custom wherein the body is left on the ground as food for wild animals and birds


baleno

Deverbal from balenare (“to flash, lighten”) + -o.


sbaglio

Deverbal from sbagliare (“to make a mistake”) + -o.


sguardo

Deverbal from sguardare + -o, variant of guardare (“to watch”).

un bellissimo sguardo sul mare


scorcio

Deverbal from scorciare (“to shorten”) + -o.

(art) foreshortening (technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space)


lasso

From Latin lāpsus, perfect participle of lābor (“to slip, flow”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *leb- (“to hang loosely”).

Questa procedura richiede un certo lasso di tempo.

period (of time). only used in lasso di tempo (“period of time”).


sdrucciolo

it-adj

sdrucciolo (feminine sdrucciola, masculine plural sdruccioli, feminine plural sdrucciole)

sdrucciola (feminine)
sdruccioli (masculine plural)
sdrucciole (feminine plural)

→ Asturian: esdrúxulu

→ Catalan: esdrúixol

→ English: sdrucciola

→ Galician: esdrúxulo

→ Portuguese: esdrúxulo

→ Spanish: esdrújulo

Deverbal from sdrucciolare (“to slip or slide”) + -o.


arpeggio

→ English: arpeggio

→ French: arpège

→ Persian: آرپژ (ârpež)

→ Turkish: arpej

→ Portuguese: arpejo

→ Russian: арпе́джио (arpédžio)

→ Kazakh: арпеджио (arpedjio)

→ Spanish: arpegio

Deverbal from arpeggiare + -o, from arpa.


abbraccio

Deverbal from abbracciare (“to embrace, hug”) + -o.


scherzo

→ English: scherzo

→ German: Scherzo

Deverbal from scherzare (“to joke, play, jest”) + -o, from Old Italian scherzare, borrowed from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”) from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (German scherzen (“to joke”); Scherz (“joke, sport”)), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”).

cog

(music) scherzo (piece of music played in a playful manner)


falla

a hole, especially a leak (from a wall or a ship's keel)

tamponare le falle dell'erario

to provisionally remedy the (financial) hemorrhaging of the treasury

(figurative, by extension) a reason or source of loss (of money, resources, etc.)

(military) to retreat on a front of a battle, allowing enemy penetration into one's territory

a defect in a fabric, due to an error in the weaving process


scampo

Deverbal from scampare (“escape”) + -o or scamparla (“to escape, survive”) + -o.

it-deverbal

Non c'è scampo.


saldo

→ Czech: saldo

desctree

→ Dutch: saldo
Afrikaans: saldo
→ Indonesian: saldo
→ West Frisian: saldo

→ Esperanto: saldo

→ Estonian: saldo

→ Finnish: saldo

→ German: Saldo

→ Macedonian: са́лдо (sáldo)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: saldo

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: saldo

→ Polish: saldo

→ Portuguese: saldo

→ Russian: са́льдо (sálʹdo)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Latin script: sȃldo

Cyrillic script: са̑лдо

→ Spanish: saldo

→ Swedish: saldo


visita

Deverbal from visitare (“to visit”) + -a.


fallo

Deverbal from fallare (“to make a mistake”) + -o. Compare Spanish fallo.

fare fallo su qualcuno


denuncia

registration (of births, marriages and deaths)


foro

Deverbal from forare (“to pierce, make a hole”) + -o. Compare Portuguese furo.


costo

→ Greek: κόστος (kóstos)

(figurative) cost (negative consequence or loss)


intaglio

→ English: intaglio

carving, fretwork, meander, engraving, intaglio


muta

Deverbal from mutare (“to change”) + -a.

(uncommon) change (act of changing; act of replacing)

(poetry, archaic) each of the two tercets in a Petrarchan sonnet


contorno

(side dish, usually in the plural) vegetables (when served with a meal)


menda

Deverbal from mendare (“to amend, correct”) + -a.

(obsolete) repayment, indemnity, reparation


monda

(agriculture) removal of weeds from a paddy field


abbaglio

Deverbal from abbagliare (“to dazzle”) + -o.

ho preso un abbaglio


spasso

→ German: Spaß

→ Yiddish: שפּאַס (shpas)

Deverbal from spassare (“to amuse”) + -o or spassarsela (“to have fun”) + -o.

essere a spasso


scolo

Deverbal from scolare (“to drain”) + -o.


folla

Deverbal from follare + -a. Compare Sicilian fuḍḍa.


appunto

gli studenti prendono appunti

note (brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory)

(computing, in the plural) clipboard, scratchpad


avanzo

→ Greek: αβάντζο n (avántzo)

Deverbal from avanzare (“to remain; to advance”) + -o.


brama

Deverbal from bramare (“to long, yearn for”) + -a.

Ed una lupa, che di tutte brame ¶ sembiava carca ne la sua magrezza, ¶ e molte genti fé già viver grame,

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 49–51; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

And a she-wolf, that with all hungerings seemed to be laden in her meagreness, and many folk has caused to live forlorn!


posa

Deverbal from posare + -a, or inherited from Latin pausa.


brusca

Deverbal from bruscare (“to burn, toast”) + -a.

(botany) scorch (desiccation of the apex of a leaf or shoot)


caccia

Deverbal from cacciare + -a, from Late Latin captiāre. Related to English chase, catch.


cesso

it-adj

cesso (feminine cessa, masculine plural cessi, feminine plural cesse)

cessa (feminine)
cessi (masculine plural)
cesse (feminine plural)

Deverbal from cessare (“to remove, to cause to withdraw (archaic)”) + -o.


ciondolo

Deverbal from ciondolare (“to dangle, swing”) + -o.


ciuccio

Deverbal from ciucciare (“to suck”) + -o.


indirizzo

→ Maltese: indirizz


condono

Deverbal from condonare (“to remit”) + -o.


contento

Deverbal from contentare (“to satisfy”) + -o.


contrasto

(literature) a work centered around a contrast between two opposing concepts


disgusto

Deverbal from disgustare + -o or from dis- + gusto. Cf. French dégoût.


guardo

Deverbal from guardare (“to look at, to watch”) + -o.


palpito

Deverbal from palpitare (“to throb, pound”) + -o.


perdono

Deverbal from perdonare (“to forgive”) + -o.


scia

sulla scia del successo dei programmi


raspa

→ Turkish: raspa


tempera

dipingere a tempera

(painting) tempera (a water-based paint)


usurpo

Deverbal from usurpare (“to usurp”) + -o

(obsolete, rare) usurpation, encroachment


cozzo

Deverbal from cozzare (“to collide, crash”) + -o.


prova

prove (plural)
pruova (alternative obsolete)

Either deverbal from provare (“to try; to test; to prove; to feel”) + -a, or from Late Latin proba, from Latin probō.

(sports) trial, test, event, performance


cresima

Deverbal from cresimare (“to administer the sacramant of confirmation, to confirm”) + -a.


crogiolo

slow cooking of food using low or moderate heat


crollo

Deverbal from crollare (“to collapse”) + -o.


cruccio

Deverbal from crucciare (“to torment”) + -o.


ruba

andare a ruba

(archaic, except in fixed expressions) (act of) stealing, robbing


apparecchio

apparatus, instrument, device, setup, appliance


divieto

Deverbal from divietare + -o, from vietare (“to forbid”). Compare Piedmontese diviet.

divieto di fumare

divieto d'accesso

divieto di sosta


sciopero

sciopero della fame


aspetto

Deverbal from aspettare (“to wait”) + -o.


passeggio

Deverbal from passeggiare + -o or to walk, stroll + -o. Cognate with Catalan passeig, Portuguese passeio, Spanish paseo, Sicilian passiju.


parcheggio

un governo di parcheggio

condition of waiting for better times or more propitious occasions


ricerca

search, quest, hunt, manhunt, prospecting, pursuit


riposo

Deverbal from riposare + -o. Compare French repos, Spanish reposo, Portuguese repouso, Romanian repaus.

andare a riposo

a riposo


rapporto

connection, relation, relationship, correlation


fretta

Sono di fretta.

Avevamo fretta.


mostra

→ German: Muster

→ Ottoman Turkish: موصطره (mostra)


livello

Deverbal from livellare (“to level, to make level”) + -o.

sotto il livello del mare

sopra il livello del mare

livello di guardia


soggiorno

Deverbal from soggiornare (“to stay, sojourn”) + -o.


rifiuto

Deverbal from rifiutare (“to refuse”) + -o.

rifiuto tossico

rifiuto radioattivo

waste, refuse, rubbish, garbage (useless products)


anticipo

Con un anticipo di soli €15.000 potete comprare questo autentico chalet.

With a downpayment of only 15.000€, you can purchase this authentic chalet.

advance, prepayment, deposit, down payment (of a payment)

Ieri, per la prima volta nella mia vita, ero in anticipo di 10 minuti!

Yesterday, for the first time in my life, I was 10 minutes early!


sospetto

Deverbal from sospettare (“to suspect”) + -o.


sveglia

Deverbal from svegliare (“to wake up”) + -a.


sviluppo

Deverbal from sviluppare + -o. Cognate with Piedmontese svilup.

i limiti dello sviluppo

development, growth, strengthening, expansion


scambio

Deverbal from scambiare + -o. Compare with Piedmontese scambi.

(railways) points, frog, railroad switch


disturbo

disturbi (plural)
disturbio (alternative archaic)
distorbo (alternative archaic)

Deverbal from disturbare + -o. Cognate with Piedmontese disturb. Compare also Medieval Latin disturbium, Spanish disturbio, Portuguese distúrbio.


schivo

it-adj

schivo (feminine schiva, masculine plural schivi, feminine plural schive)

schiva (feminine)
schivi (masculine plural)
schive (feminine plural)


salasso

salasso di denaro

(also figurative) bleeding, bloodletting


guasto

Il guasto è nel motore.


squadra

squadre (plural)
scuadra (alternative misspelling)

desctree

→ French: escadre
→ Russian: эскадра (eskadra)

Deverbal from squadrare + -a. May correspond to a Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from *exquadro, exquadrāre, from Latin ex- + quadrō, from quadrus. Compare French équerre.

(military, law enforcement) squad, cadre


macero

carta da macero


diniego

Deverbal from dinegare (“to deny”) + -o.


invito

→ Neapolitan: 'mmito

(engineering) bevelled or chamfered hole


traccia

Deverbal from tracciare (“to mark out; to sketch”) + -a.

it-deverbal

(mathematics) the sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix

sketch or blueprint
outline, plan, guideline

sketch or blueprint
plot (course of a story)


ribasso

al ribasso; in ribasso


ingombro

Deverbal from ingombrare + -o.
Or formed directly from the prefix in- with an uncertain stem (compare English cumber), either:
* the Old French combre (“wooden obstacles on a river; dam”), combrer (“to hinder”); see modern French encombrer;
 or
* directly from the Latin cumulus (“an accumulation, a heap”), compare Portuguese combro.


baia

→ Spanish: vaya
→ Portuguese: vaia


invio

(computing) enter (computer keyboard key)


sbocco

mouth, outlet, exit, end, way out, flowing


schiamazzo

Deverbal from schiamazzare + -o. Alternatively, possibly corresponds to Latin exclāmatiō (whence also the borrowing esclamazione, from the accusative form), with the verb derived from the noun instead. Compare also Old French esclamasse.

boisterous noise, clamour, din, disturbance


impaccio

Deverbal from impacciare (“to hamper, hinder”) + -o.


annuncio

In the sense "act of announcing", deverbal from annunciare + -o. In the concrete senses, borrowed from Late Latin annūntium, from Latin ad- + nūntium (“notice, announcement”).


seguito

followers, supporters, following, audience


coccola

Deverbal from coccolare (“to cuddle”) + -a.


taglia

Deverbal from tagliare (“to cut”) + -a. Compare French taille.

(archaic, derogatory) a heavy tax that lines the pockets of bureaucrats rather than routing that money into public services

(archaic) a heavy tribute imposed on the defeated country in a war, geopolitical dispute, etc.


sforzo

Deverbal from sforzare (“to force”) + -o or sforzarsi (“to strain oneself, to push oneself”) + -o. Compare French effort, Spanish esfuerzo, Catalan esforç, Portuguese esforço.

sforzarsi<t:to strain oneself, to push oneself>


revoca

Deverbal from revocare (“to revoke”) + -a.


svolta

Deverbal from svoltare (“to turn”) + -a.

Potrebbe essere la svolta.


pizzico

it-noun

pizzico m (plural pizzichi, diminutive pizzichìno, augmentative pizzicòtto)

pizzichi (plural)
pizzichìno (diminutive)
pizzicòtto (augmentative)


dubito

Deverbal from dubitare (“to doubt”) + -o. Cognate with Piedmontese dùbit.


attrezzo

→ Spanish: atrezzo, atrezo, attrezzo


dondola

Deverbal from dondolare (“to swing”) + -a.


balzo

it-noun

balzo m (plural balzi, diminutive balzétto or balzèllo)

balzi (plural)
balzétto (diminutive)
balzèllo (diminutive)


giura

Deverbal from giurare (“to swear (an oath)”) + -a.

it-deverbal

(chiefly historical) guild (group of tradespeople)


affido

Deverbal from affidare (“to entrust”) + -o.

(law) synonym of affidamento (“custody (of a child)”)


affida

Deverbal from affidare (“to entrust”) + -a.

(historical) a tax on grazing land in the Papal States

(historical) a document certifying the payment of the above tax


accompagno

(regional or law) accompaniment (the act of going with), escort


richiamo

(typography) reference mark (symbol used to refer a reader to a footnote or endnote)


incastro

Deverbal from incastrare (“to insert”) + -o.


apporto

Deverbal from apportare + -o, with influence from French apport.


manco

→ English: mank

→ German: Manko

→ Middle French: manque

French: manque

avere manco di una cosa


affanno

soggiorno disumano, intra gli affanni, / o dell'arida vita unico fiore.

1829, Giacomo Leopardi, Le ricordanze [The memories]:

inhumane sojourn, inside the anxieties / o in the arid life the only flower.

Quell'annuncio sui cento milioni di denaro personale arriva, guarda caso, nel giorno in cui un'inchiesta del New York Times, rovistando in tutti i documenti contabili che la campagna è tenuta a depositare, arriva a questa conclusione: il presidente è in affanno rispetto a Joe Biden, proprio quando la gara entra nel rettilineo finale.

2020 September 8, Federico Rampini, “Lusso, staff, bodyguard: Trump dilapida i fondi mentre Biden fa il pieno [Luxury, staff, bodyguard: Trump dilapidates his funds while Biden has enough]”, in la Repubblica:

That announcement on the millions of personal dollars arrives, coincidentally, on the day in which a New York Times investigation, rummaging through all the accounting documents that the campaign is required to deposit, arrives to this conclusion: the president is in trouble with respect to Joe Biden, just when the race is entering into the final stretch.

(figurative, by extension) worry, trouble, anxiety


dimentico

it-adj

dimentico (feminine dimentica, masculine plural dimentichi, feminine plural dimentiche)

dimentica (feminine)
dimentichi (masculine plural)
dimentiche (feminine plural)

Deverbal from dimenticare (“to forget”) + -o.


tocco

Deverbal from toccare (“to touch”) + -o.

stroke (of a clock or a brush); one o'clock


tocca

Deverbal from toccare (“to touch”) + -a.

(archaic, also figurative) touchstone (a stone used to check the quality of gold alloys)


predica

Deverbal from predicare (“to preach”) + -a.


nego

(archaic or literary) alternative form of niego (“denial, refusal”)


assedio

Deverbal from assediare (“to besiege”) + -o.

(figurative) a formation of people aimed at restricting access to a place


abbaio

Deverbal from abbaiare (“to bark”) + -o.


pesta

Deverbal from pestare (“to trample”) + -a.

essere sulle peste di qualcuno


maneggio

→ Old French: manege

French: manège

→ Dutch: manege

→ English: manège, manege

→ Swedish: manege

→ Middle English: *manage, *menage

English: manage

(equestrianism) riding (of horses), dressage


piscio

it-noun

piscio m (usually uncountable, plural pisci)


piscia

piscia f (usually uncountable, plural pisce)


tempra

Deverbal from temprare (“to temper, harden”) + -a.


trapasso

movement from one place or condition to another; transfer

trapasso di proprietà
trapasso di proprietà#Italian

(by extension) clipping of trapasso di proprietà (conveyancing)

trapasso di bandiera
trapasso di bandiera#Italian

(nautical, by extension) clipping of trapasso di bandiera (passage of a ship from one nationality to another)


travaglio

labour/labor (the act of a mother giving birth)


trucco

Deverbal from truccare + -o. Compare Piedmontese truch.


noleggio

Deverbal from noleggiare (“to hire”) + -o.


rinforzo

(in the plural, military) reinforcements, back up troops


piova

Deverbal from piovere (“to rain”) + -a. Piecewise doublet of pioggia and ploia.

mais d'autre part, qui esgarde septentrion, n'a que vens et pluies

late 13ᵗʰ century [1260–1267], anonymous translator, Il tesoro [The treasure], translation of Livres dou Tresor by Brunetto Latini (in Old French); collected in “Della parte d’Oriente, ch’è appellata Asia [On the part of the East which is called Asia]” (chapter 2), Libro III, in Luigi Gaiter, editor, Il tesoro, volume 2, Bologna: Romagnoli, 1877, page 19:

But on the other side, which faces towards North, there is nothing but winds and rain.

Io sono al terzo cerchio, de la piova / etterna, maladetta, fredda e greve

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 7–8; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

I'm at the Third Circle, [that] of the eternal, cursed, cold, and heavy rain

Quī praecipit nivī ut dēscendat in terram et hiemis pluviīs

1358–1361 [578–595], Zanobi da Strada, transl., Morali del pontefice S. Gregorio Magno sopra il Libro di Giobbe [Morals of pontiff St. Gregory the Great on the Book of Job] (Biblical commentary), translation of Mōrālia in Iōb by Gregorius Anicius (in Late Latin); republished as “Libro XXVII [Book 27]” (chapter 1), in I morali del pontefice S. Gregorio Magno sopra il Libro di Giobbe volgarizzati da Zanobi da Strata, volume 4, Rome: Rocco Bernabò, 1730, section 17, page 43:

Who [God] commands the snow to descend on earth, and the rains of winter

Sono ancora i luoghi alti più sicuri dalle piove

1605 [1304–1309], “Del sito del luogo abitabile, e del conoscimento della bontà, e malizia sua. [On the location of habitable places, and on the knowledge of their goodness and badness]” (chapter 5), in Bastiano de' Rossi, transl., Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise on agriculture], Florence: published by Cosimo Giusti, translation of Rūrālium commodōrum librī XII by Pietro De' Crescenzi (in Medieval Latin), page 16:

Furthermore, high places are safer from rains


spruzzo

spray, sprinkling, splash, dash, spurt, spatter


ribalta

→ Portuguese: ribalta


addebito

charge, allegation, imputation, accusation


graffio

Deverbal from graffiare (“to scratch”) + -o.


scoperto

Deverbal from scoprire (“to uncover”) + -o.


urto

(military) clash between two military formations


schermo

Deverbal from schermire (“to protect”) + -o.


spicco

Deverbal from spiccare (“to stand out”) + -o.

any distinguishing characteristic of an individual


disdegno

Deverbal from disdegnare (“to disdain, contemn”) + -o.


piego

(rare) parcel (especially of letters or other papers)


valico

valichi (plural)
valco (alternative archaic poetic)

(by extension) point in which a border can be crossed (by car etc.)


varco

Deverbal from varcare + -o. Cognate with Friulian varc, Piedmontese varch.

aprirsi un varco tra le foglie

passage, passageway, especially if narrow and hard to cross

(figurative, euphemistic) the transition from life to death


incasso

→ Dutch: incasso


frego

Lei mi piace un frego!

Lì c'è un frego di roba

(uncountable, colloquial, as un frego) a lot, lots, stacks


urlo

it-noun

urlo m (plural (of humans) urla f or (of animals, also sometimes of humans when not considered collectively) urli m, diminutive urlétto, augmentative (rare) urlóne, pejorative urlàccio)

urla (feminine plural)
urli (also masculine plural sometimes)
urlétto (diminutive)
urlóne (augmentative rare)
urlàccio (pejorative)


fida

Deverbal from fidare (“to entrust”) + -a or fidarsi (“to trust”) + -a.

it-deverbal

(historical, Feudal age) a tax on cultivated land


chiacchiera

chiacchiere (plural)
chiacchera (alternative colloquial)

Deverbal from chiacchierare (“to chat, talk”) + -a.

type of dessert in the form of fritters dusted with sugar, eaten during Carnival time; similar to angel wings


busso

Deverbal from bussare (“to knock”) + -o.

(archaic) commotion, turmoil, hullabaloo


fischio

Deverbal from fischiare (“to whistle”) + -o.


ingaggio

the taking on or engaging of someone for a role


stiva

(nautical, aviation) hold (of a ship or aircraft)


assetto

Deverbal from assettare (“to organize”) + -o.


fogna

Deverbal from fognare (“to build sewers”) + -a.


ricatto

Deverbal from ricattare (“to blackmail”) + -o.

Ma questo è un ricatto!


sbarazzo

Deverbal from sbarazzare (“to rid”) + -o.

(neologism, rare) act of getting rid of or clearing out


schizzo

→ German: Skizze

desctree

→ French: esquisse
→ Portuguese: esquisso

(vulgar, slang) ejaculation or ejaculated cum


solletico

le tue minacce mi fanno il solletico

small effect; nothing; used to indicate that a given action, words, etc. does not affect the speaker


spoglio

it-adj

spoglio (feminine spoglia, masculine plural spogli, feminine plural spoglie)

spoglia (feminine)
spogli (masculine plural)
spoglie (feminine plural)


straccio

Deverbal from stracciare (“to tear, rip”) + -o.

it-deverbal

Passo lo straccio per casa quasi ogni giorno.


strillo

Deverbal from strillare (“to scream, shreak”) + -o.


tragitto

tragitti (plural)
tragetto (alternative archaic)

Deverbal from tragittare + -o. Cognate with Piedmontese tragit.


scarto

→ German: Skat
→ English: skat

(figurative, by extension) inexpensive or not valuable goods

quantity of imprecision when shooting a firearm, measured according to distance from a target


rammarico

Vado via con un grande rammarico.


favella

Deverbal from favellare (“to speak, talk”) + -a.

l'italica favella


fracasso

→ Cimbrian: frakàss

→ Spanish: fracaso

→ Portuguese: fracasso


gorgoglio

Deverbal from gorgogliare (“to gurgle”) + -o.


ingorgo

Deverbal from ingorgare (“to block”) + -o.


mischio

Deverbal from mischiare (“to mix”) + -o. In the sense of “marble”, properly a denominal use of the adjective.


belo

(literary) bleat (cry of a sheep or a goat)


sbadiglio

Deverbal from sbadigliare + -o. Compare Sicilian badagghiu.


svago

Ascoltare musica è il mio svago preferito.

Listening to music is my favourite/favorite relaxation.


scroscio

Deverbal from scrosciare + -o. Compare Sicilian scrusciu.

downpour, roar (of rain, a waterfall, etc.)


sferra

From Vulgar Latin *exferra. By surface analysis, deverbal from sferrare (“to unshoe (a horse)”) + -a. Compare Neapolitan sferra and Sicilian sferra.

surf

[…] il signor loro gli pon la mano in su la spalla o gli dona una sferra de le sue cose vecchie.

1529, Pietro Aretino, “A messer Girolamo Agnelli”, in Il primo libro delle lettere:

[…] their master puts his hand on their shoulder or gifts them a rag from his old stuff.

(by extension, archaic or regional) Various things which are old and worn out or with little value:


sfratto

Deverbal from sfrattare (“to evict”) + -o.


sfregio

Deverbal from sfregiare (“to slash, deface”) + -o.


spergiuro

spergiuri (plural)
pergiuro (alternative archaic)

Deverbal from spergiurare + -o. See also Latin periūrium. By surface analysis, s- (derivation prefix) + pergiuro (“perjury”).


strido

it-noun

strido m (plural strida f or (less common) stridi m)

strida (feminine plural)
stridi (masculine plural uncommon)

Deverbal from stridere (“to shreak, scream”) + -o.


bazzica

(central-southern Italy) friendship, state of being on good terms


fiacca

Deverbal from fiaccare (“to tire out, weary”) + -a.


aguzzo

it-adj

aguzzo (feminine aguzza, masculine plural aguzzi, feminine plural aguzze)

aguzza (feminine)
aguzzi (masculine plural)
aguzze (feminine plural)


accollo

part of the load of a two-wheeled cart placed forward of the wheels and supported by the animal pulling it


incarto

Deverbal from incartare (“to wrap in paper”) + -o.

it-deverbal

wrapping (the material in which something is wrapped)


rincorsa

Deverbal from rincorrere (“to run after”) + -a (past participle rincorso).


chioccio

it-adj

chioccio (feminine chioccia, masculine plural chiocci, feminine plural chiocce)

chioccia (feminine)
chiocci (masculine plural)
chiocce (feminine plural)

Deverbal from chiocciare (“to cluck”) + -o.


discolpa

Deverbal from discolpare (“to exonerate”) + -a or discolparsi (“to prove one's innocence”) + -a.

a propria discolpa


friso

graze, grazing (act of rubbing or touching lightly the surface of in passing)


ricolmo

it-adj

ricolmo (feminine ricolma, masculine plural ricolmi, feminine plural ricolme)

ricolma (feminine)
ricolmi (masculine plural)
ricolme (feminine plural)


rincaro

Deverbal from rincarare (“to rise”) + -o.


sollecito

reminder, request, notice (generally for payment)


svio

Deverbal from sviare (“to divert”) + -o.

(rare) deflection (of an arrow, etc.), diversion (of traffic, etc.)


acconcio

in acconcio

in acconcio


beccheggio

(aviation, nautical) pitching (of a ship or aircraft)


disbrigo

dealing [with di ‘with an issue, a matter’]


discarico

discarichi (plural)
discarco (alternative)


coto

Deverbal from cotare, a Florentine variant of coitare (“to think”), from Classical Latin cōgitāre (“to think; to ponder”).

der

[…] "Elli stessi s’accusa;
questi è Nembrotto per lo cui mal coto
pur un linguaggio nel mondo non s’usa.["]

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXI”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 76–78; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

"He accuses himself; this is Nimrod, because of whose evil thought only one language is not used in the world."


contraccambio

bisogna fargli un regalo in contraccambio del favore che ci ha reso

we have to give him a gift in return for the favor he gave us


esubero

Deverbal from esuberare (“to be overabundant”) + -o.


disfida

Deverbal from disfidare (“to challenge”) + -a.


disimpiego

Deverbal from disimpiegare (“to unemploy”) + -o.

(military) departure of a combat unit from an area


pavento

Deverbal from paventare (“to fear”) + -o.


canneggio

surveying using a measuring rod and theodolite


preannuncio

preannunci (plural)
preannunzio (alternative archaic rare)


dimando

"Se fosse tutto pieno il mio dimando",
rispuos’io lui, "voi non sareste ancora
de l’umana natura posto in bando;

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XV”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 79–81; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

"If my request were wholly fulfilled," I replied to him, "you wouldn't yet be placed in banishment from human nature"


scevro

it-adj

scevro (feminine scevra, masculine plural scevri, feminine plural scevre)

scevra (feminine)
scevri (masculine plural)
scevre (feminine plural)
severo (alternative)
sevro (alternative)
scevero (alternative)

Deverbal from scevrare + -o, alternative form of sceverare (“to separate”).

Dal ‘voi’ che prima a Roma s’offerie,
in che la sua famiglia men persevra,
ricominciaron le parole mie;
onde Beatrice, ch’era un poco scevra,
ridendo, parve quella che tossio
al primo fallo scritto di Ginevra.

1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVI”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 10–15; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

With 'You', which Rome was first to tolerate, wherein her family less perseveres, yet once again my words began; whence Beatrice, who was somewhat far, smiling, appeared like unto her who coughed at the first failing writ of Guenever.

[…] ad un tempo mille
Penetrar puote, e concepir vostr’alma
Cose diverse, e non però turbarle
O confonder giammai, ma scevre e chiare
Nei loro alberghi ricovrarle in mente

1763, Giuseppe Parini, “Il mattino [Morning]”, in Opere dell'abate Giuseppe Parini - Volume primo [Works of abbot Giuseppe Parini - Volume one], Venice: Giacomo Storti, published 1803, pages 19–20:

Your soul can comprehend and conceive a thousand different things at the same time, and without disturbing or confusing them, but keeping them distinct and clear in the mind, in their respective places

(literary) lacking
without, -free, -less


scialbo

scialbo (feminine scialba, masculine plural scialbi, feminine plural scialbe)

scialba (feminine)
scialbi (masculine plural)
scialbe (feminine plural)

Deverbal from scialbare (“to whiten”) + -o.


sconcio

it-adj

sconcio (feminine sconcia, masculine plural sconci, feminine plural sconce)

sconcia (feminine)
sconci (masculine plural)
sconce (feminine plural)


sementa

In sense 1, deverbal from sementare + -a. In sense 2, an alternative form of semente, from Latin sementem.


niego

Deverbal from negare (“to deny”) + -o, whose rhizotonic forms had developed an -ie- diphthong.


ronca

Deverbal from roncare (“to cut, prune”) + -a.

it-deverbal

alternative form of roncola (“billhook”)


squasso

Deverbal from squassare (“to shake, jolk”) + -o.


sbobina

transcription (especially of a text from audio)


scalpiccio

Deverbal from it + -o or scalpicciare + -o.


cincischio

an inaccurate cut (as if done with dull-bladed instruments)


scorno

From Vulgar Latin *excornum. By surface analysis, deverbal from scornarsi (“to make a fool of oneself”) + -o. Compare Neapolitan scuorno.

surf

[…] esser di marmo candido e addorno / d’intagli sì, che non pur Policleto, / ma la natura lì avrebbe scorno.

1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 31–33; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

[…] to be of white marble and so adorned with sculptures, that not only Polycletus, but nature itself had there been put to shame.


drappeggio

Deverbal from drappeggiare (“to drape”) + -o.


sgravio

sgravio fiscale


intarsio

Deverbal from intarsiare (“to inlay”) + -o.


olezzo

(ironic or humorous) stink, tang, stench, bad smell


pacchia

Deverbal from pacchiare (“to feast”) + -a.


sgonfio

Deverbal from sgonfiare (“to puff out (of clothing)”) + -o.


sprazzo

Possibly a deverbal from sprazzare + -o, or of independent onomatopoeic origin.

Di bere e di mangiar n'accende cura
l'odor ch'esce del pomo e de lo sprazzo
che si distende su per sua verdura.

1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXIII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 67–69; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

Desire to eat and drink enkindles in us the scent that issues from the apple-tree, and from the spray that sprinkles o'er the verdure;

un sprazzo di luce

a sprazzi

Si avvicinava la sera. Quello sprazzo di luce che tramonta, mi sembra il rosso manto che Satana trascina dietro: quelle stelle che laggiù appaiono, mi sembrano la corona di Ieova.

1921, Alfredo Panzini, “Satana e Cristo”, in Il diavolo nella mia libreria:

The evening was approaching. That fading flash of light, it seems to me the red cloak that Satana dragged behind: those stars that matched down there, it seemed to me like Ieova's crown.

(by extension) flash (of light; of intelligence)


esborso

outlay, disbursement, payout, expenditure


rampogna

Deverbal from rampognare (“to reprimand, rebuke”) + -a.


pertugio

Deverbal from pertugiare + -o, from Vulgar Latin *pertūsiāre, from Latin pertūsus (“perforated”).


smotta

Deverbal from smottare (“to slide down”) + -a.


tronfio

it-adj

tronfio (feminine tronfia, masculine plural tronfi, feminine plural tronfie)

tronfia (feminine)
tronfi (masculine plural)
tronfie (feminine plural)


ronfo

Deverbal from ronfare (“to snore”) + -o.


ravvio

Deverbal from ravviare (“to tidy up”) + -o.


rimbrotto

Deverbal from rimbrottare (“to reproach, rebuke”) + -o.


traforo

Deverbal from traforare + -o. Cognate with Piedmontese trafor/trafur.


abbiocco

Deverbal from abbioccarsi (“to fall asleep”) + -o.

M'è venuto l'abbiocco.


brandeggio

(military) horizontal rotation markings on an artillery (for approximate adjustment of the firing plane)

(film) mobile support for controlling the rotation of a camera


coacervo

Deverbal from coacervare (“to amass”) + -o. Compare Portuguese and Spanish acervo (“heap”).


coltra

an ancient unit of area, equivalent to roughly 5070 m²


sparagno

(archaic or regional) synonym of risparmio


scacazzo

scacazzi (plural)
scacazza (alternative)

Deverbal from scacazzare + -o. Compare French chiasse f (“diarrhea”).

Scacazzo, vedi Scacazzamento, porquería.

[1796, Lorenzo Franciosini, Vocabolario español e italiano, page 394:

[…] a meno che non sia uno di quegli individui abili a nascondere il veleno che si accumula nel cervello dentro il miele con cui condisce le innumerevoli lusinghe che va seminando qua e là mentre parla, come lo scacazzo dei colombi.

2013, Giuseppe Lupo, Viaggiatori di nuvole:

[…] assuming he's not one of those people good at hiding the poison that builds up in the brain inside the honey with which he dresses the countless flatteries that he sows around, like the shitting of pigeons.


soggolo

Deverbal from soggolare (“to fit with a wimple”) + -o.

a strip of leather passing under a horse's throat as part of the harness


paleggio

the excavation and removal of loose earth (typically using shovels and wheelbarrows)


merco

Deverbal from mercare (“to brand”) + -o.

(archaic except central Italy) brand (mark made by burning)


afforco

(nautical) the mooring of a ship using two anchors


assecco

(nautical) bilge (lower part of a ship, where water accumulates)


raffa

a word of undetermined meaning, only used in a few locutions


cretto

Deverbal from crettare (“to crack”) + -o.

crack (thin space opened in a previously solid material)


bistento

Deverbal from bistentare (“to wait anguishedly”) + -o.

(obsolete, literary) anxious or worried expectation


cempenna

Deverbal from cempennare (“to act slowly”) + -a.


zurlo

zurli (plural)
zurro (alternative Tuscany archaic)


stoscio

Probably a deverbal from *stosciare + -o coming from Vulgar Latin *extortiāre, which is ultimately derived from Latin tortus, past participle of torqueō (“to twist; to hurl”).


travalca

travalche (plural)
travalco (alternative archaic)


scempico

(historical) the payment of an installment (of a debt or a tax)


spulezzo

spulezzi (plural)
spuleggio (alternative)

Deverbal from spulezzare (“to escape disorderly”) + -o.


mozzico

Deverbal from mozzicare (“to bite”) + -o.


sbercia

Deverbal from sberciare (“to miss (when shooting)”) + -a.

(Tuscan, colloquial) incompetent person, duffer


sbrego

Deverbal from dialectal sbregare (“to break, to tear”).

(regional, northern Italy) gash, tear, laceration


sbricio

it-adj

sbricio (feminine sbricia, masculine plural sbricie or sbrice, feminine plural sbrice)

sbricia (feminine)
sbricie (masculine plural)
sbrice (masculine plural)
sbrice (feminine plural)


squacquera

Deverbal from squacquerare (“to have diarrhea”) + -a.


cioccia

Deverbal from ciocciare (“to suck”) + -a, of onomatopoeic origin.


gavazzo

(archaic) merrymaking, revelry, frolic, spree, binge, jag, riot


stroscia

Deverbal from strosciare (“to pour down”) + -a.


buzzico

Deverbal from buzzicare (“to whisper, murmur”) + -o.

tirare/sparare a buzzico

(hunting) to shoot in the direction from which the sound of the game comes

(dated) a murmur, whisper; a light rustling sound