appoggiatura

(theater) a strong emphasis in intonation on the key word of a joke


bravo

head

bravo m (feminine brava, masculine plural bravi, feminine plural brave)

brava (feminine)
bravi (masculine plural)
brave (feminine plural)

→ English: bravo

→ French: bravo

→ Romanian: bravo

→ Turkish: bravo

Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico

Uncertain. Probably from Vulgar Latin *bravus, from a fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus. Less likely from Provençal brau (“show-off”), from Gaulish *bragos (compare Middle Irish breagha (modern breá) 'fine', Breton braga 'to strut'). Or perhaps borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Germanic *hrawaz (“raw, uncooked”). Or possibly from a root *bravus, from bravium. Borrowed into French and English as brave.
Pierre Carpentier, in an 18th-century edition of du Cange's 17th-century dictionary of medieval and modern Latin, argued Latin branus originated in a misreading of Italian and Spanish bravo. However, George Nicholson argues the opposite in a 1950 Festschrift article, namely bravo being a misreading of Latin branus, which would have the origin du Cange had originally argued for, from Old French brahaigne (“barren”) (see barren). Compare English gravy, possibly a misreading of French grané (“stew”).


kabuki

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki).


colossal

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from colossal. First attested in 1986.

(film, theater) high-budget film or play with a high production value, ensemble cast, etc.


manifesto

→ Turkish: manifesto

(theater) playbill, programme/program, program


regia

(theater, television, etc.) direction, production


spalla

it-noun

spalla f (plural spalle, diminutive spallétta)

From Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spatula, from classical Latin spatha. Compare spatola, a borrowed doublet.

(theater, comedy) straight man, second banana, sidekick, foil


comico

From Latin cōmicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós).


concetto

→ English: concetto

→ French: concetto

From Latin conceptus (“received, caught; derived from; contained, held; adopted; conceived”). It was also originally the past participle of concepire.

inh

(theater, rhetoric) in Italian comedy (commedia dell'arte), stock punch line learned by the performers for use in this improvisational form of theater


mamo

(theater) a comedic character type representing a young boy who is inexperienced and naive, and yet wishes to come off as clever and experienced


prova

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


galleria

→ Polish: galeria

From Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), perhaps an alteration of galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea (“Galilee”), region of Israel. More at Galilee.


poltrona

→ Greek: πολυθρόνα (polythróna)

→ Portuguese: poltrona

→ Spanish: poltrona

(theater) seat (especially in the first rows)


compagnia

→ Turkish: kumpanya

From compagno (“companion”) + -ia (abstract noun-forming suffix).


provare

it-verb

provàre (first-person singular present pròvo, first-person singular past historic provài, past participle provàto, auxiliary avére)

provàre (canonical)
pròvo (first-person present singular)
provài (first-person historic past singular)
provàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
provàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
provàndo (gerund)
provànte (participle present)
provàto (participle past)
pròvo (first-person indicative present singular)
pròvi (indicative present second-person singular)
pròva (indicative present singular third-person)
proviàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
provàte (indicative plural present second-person)
pròvano (indicative plural present third-person)
provàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
provàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
provàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
provavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
provavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
provàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
provài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
provàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
provò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
provàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
provàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
provàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
proverò (first-person future indicative singular)
proverài (future indicative second-person singular)
proverà (future indicative singular third-person)
proverémo (first-person future indicative plural)
proveréte (future indicative plural second-person)
proverànno (future indicative plural third-person)
proverèi (conditional first-person present singular)
proverésti (conditional present second-person singular)
proverèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
proverébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
proverémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
proveréste (conditional plural present second-person)
proverèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
proverébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
pròvi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pròvi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pròvi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
proviàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
proviàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pròvino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
provàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
provàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
provàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
provàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
provàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
provàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pròva (imperative second-person singular)
pròvi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
proviàmo (first-person imperative plural)
provàte (imperative plural second-person)
pròvino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
provàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
pròvi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
proviàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
provàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
pròvino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

→ Esperanto: provi


rappresentare

rappresentàre (first-person singular present rappresènto, first-person singular past historic rappresentài, past participle rappresentàto, auxiliary avére)

rappresentàre (canonical)
rappresènto (first-person present singular)
rappresentài (first-person historic past singular)
rappresentàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
rappresentàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
rappresentàndo (gerund)
rappresentànte (participle present)
rappresentàto (participle past)
rappresènto (first-person indicative present singular)
rappresènti (indicative present second-person singular)
rappresènta (indicative present singular third-person)
rappresentiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
rappresentàte (indicative plural present second-person)
rappresèntano (indicative plural present third-person)
rappresentàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
rappresentàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
rappresentàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
rappresentavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
rappresentavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
rappresentàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
rappresentài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
rappresentàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
rappresentò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
rappresentàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
rappresentàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
rappresentàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
rappresenterò (first-person future indicative singular)
rappresenterài (future indicative second-person singular)
rappresenterà (future indicative singular third-person)
rappresenterémo (first-person future indicative plural)
rappresenteréte (future indicative plural second-person)
rappresenterànno (future indicative plural third-person)
rappresenterèi (conditional first-person present singular)
rappresenterésti (conditional present second-person singular)
rappresenterèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
rappresenterébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
rappresenterémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
rappresenteréste (conditional plural present second-person)
rappresenterèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
rappresenterébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
rappresènti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
rappresènti (present second-person singular subjunctive)
rappresènti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
rappresentiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
rappresentiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
rappresèntino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
rappresentàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
rappresentàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
rappresentàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
rappresentàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
rappresentàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
rappresentàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
rappresènta (imperative second-person singular)
rappresènti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
rappresentiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
rappresentàte (imperative plural second-person)
rappresèntino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
rappresentàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
rappresènti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
rappresentiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
rappresentàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
rappresèntino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


programma

From Late Latin programma, from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).


sostenere

sostenére (first-person singular present sostèngo, first-person singular past historic sosténni or sostènni, past participle sostenùto, first-person singular future sosterrò, auxiliary avére)

sostenére (canonical)
sostèngo (first-person present singular)
sosténni (first-person historic past singular)
sostènni (first-person historic past singular)
sostenùto (participle past)
sosterrò (first-person future singular)
avére (auxiliary)
sostenére (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
sostenèndo (gerund)
sostenènte (participle present)
sostenùto (participle past)
sostèngo (first-person indicative present singular)
sostièni (indicative present second-person singular)
sostiéni (indicative present second-person singular)
sostiène (indicative present singular third-person)
sostiéne (indicative present singular third-person)
sosteniàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
sostenéte (indicative plural present second-person)
sostèngono (indicative plural present third-person)
sostenévo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
sostenévi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
sostenéva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
sostenevàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
sostenevàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
sostenévano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
sosténni (first-person historic indicative past singular)
sostènni (first-person historic indicative past singular)
sostenésti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
sosténne (historic indicative past singular third-person)
sostènne (historic indicative past singular third-person)
sostenémmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
sostenéste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
sosténnero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
sostènnero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
sosterrò (first-person future indicative singular)
sosterrài (future indicative second-person singular)
sosterrà (future indicative singular third-person)
sosterrémo (first-person future indicative plural)
sosterréte (future indicative plural second-person)
sosterrànno (future indicative plural third-person)
sosterrèi (conditional first-person present singular)
sosterrésti (conditional present second-person singular)
sosterrèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
sosterrébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
sosterrémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
sosterréste (conditional plural present second-person)
sosterrèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
sosterrébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
sostènga (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sostènga (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sostènga (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sosteniàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
sosteniàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sostèngano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
sostenéssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sostenéssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sostenésse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sostenéssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sostenéste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sostenéssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sostièni (imperative second-person singular)
sostiéni (imperative second-person singular)
sostènga (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
sosteniàmo (first-person imperative plural)
sostenéte (imperative plural second-person)
sostèngano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
sostenére (imperative negative second-person singular)
sostènga (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
sosteniàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
sostenéte (imperative negative plural second-person)
sostèngano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


impersonare

impersonàre (first-person singular present impersóno, first-person singular past historic impersonài, past participle impersonàto, auxiliary avére)

impersonàre (canonical)
impersóno (first-person present singular)
impersonài (first-person historic past singular)
impersonàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
impersonàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
impersonàndo (gerund)
impersonànte (participle present)
impersonàto (participle past)
impersóno (first-person indicative present singular)
impersóni (indicative present second-person singular)
impersóna (indicative present singular third-person)
impersoniàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
impersonàte (indicative plural present second-person)
impersónano (indicative plural present third-person)
impersonàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
impersonàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
impersonàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
impersonavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
impersonavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
impersonàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
impersonài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
impersonàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
impersonò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
impersonàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
impersonàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
impersonàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
impersonerò (first-person future indicative singular)
impersonerài (future indicative second-person singular)
impersonerà (future indicative singular third-person)
impersonerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
impersoneréte (future indicative plural second-person)
impersonerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
impersonerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
impersonerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
impersonerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
impersonerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
impersonerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
impersoneréste (conditional plural present second-person)
impersonerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
impersonerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
impersóni (first-person present singular subjunctive)
impersóni (present second-person singular subjunctive)
impersóni (present singular subjunctive third-person)
impersoniàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
impersoniàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
impersónino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
impersonàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
impersonàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
impersonàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
impersonàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
impersonàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
impersonàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
impersóna (imperative second-person singular)
impersóni (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
impersoniàmo (first-person imperative plural)
impersonàte (imperative plural second-person)
impersónino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
impersonàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
impersóni (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
impersoniàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
impersonàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
impersónino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(theater, film, etc.) to play, act the part of


didascalia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διδασκαλία (didaskalía, “instruction”), from διδάσκαλος (didáskalos, “teacher”).


battuta

→ English: battuta

desctree

→ French: batoude
→ Russian: батут (batut)
→ Estonian: batuut
→ Lithuanian: batutas
→ Latvian: batuts

→ Norwegian Bokmål: battuta

→ Portuguese: batuta


cartellone

(theater) playbill, programme/program, bill


palco

→ Portuguese: palco

→ Spanish: palco

Borrowed from Lombardic palk (“stand, stage”). Doublet of balco. Cognate with Piedmontese palch, Friulian palc.


comparsa

→ French: comparse (see there for further descendants)

(drama) extra, walk-on, spear-carrier, supernumerary


ribalta

→ Portuguese: ribalta


copione

From copia (“copy”) + -one (augmentative suffix).


attrezzista

it-noun

attrezzista m or f by sense (masculine plural attrezzisti, feminine plural attrezziste)

attrezzisti (masculine plural)
attrezziste (feminine plural)

(theater, film) property master (person in charge of props in the theatre etc.)


scenico

it-adj

scenico (feminine scenica, masculine plural scenici, feminine plural sceniche)

scenica (feminine)
scenici (masculine plural)
sceniche (feminine plural)


commediante

it-noun

commediante m or f by sense (plural commedianti)


istrione

istrione m (plural istrioni, feminine istriona)

From Latin histriōnem (“actor”, “player”), of possibly Etruscan origin.

(theater, Ancient Rome) a professional actor


c'era una volta

(used at the beginnings of fairytales) once upon a time


proscenio

Borrowed from Latin proscēnium, from Ancient Greek προσκήνιον (proskḗnion)


agnizione

Learned borrowing from Latin agnitiōnem, derived from agnitus, past passive participle of agnoscō (“to understand, recognize, know, perceive”).

(literature, theater) The plot-relevant reveal of a character's previously unknown indentity.


antistrofe

Borrowed from Late Latin antistrophe, antistropha, from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ, “turning about”). By surface analysis, anti- + strofe.

der

(Ancient Greece, poetry, theater) antistrophe


impallare

it-verb

impallàre (first-person singular present impàllo, first-person singular past historic impallài, past participle impallàto, auxiliary avére)

impallàre (canonical)
impàllo (first-person present singular)
impallài (first-person historic past singular)
impallàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
impallàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
impallàndo (gerund)
impallànte (participle present)
impallàto (participle past)
impàllo (first-person indicative present singular)
impàlli (indicative present second-person singular)
impàlla (indicative present singular third-person)
impalliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
impallàte (indicative plural present second-person)
impàllano (indicative plural present third-person)
impallàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
impallàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
impallàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
impallavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
impallavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
impallàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
impallài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
impallàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
impallò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
impallàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
impallàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
impallàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
impallerò (first-person future indicative singular)
impallerài (future indicative second-person singular)
impallerà (future indicative singular third-person)
impallerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
impalleréte (future indicative plural second-person)
impallerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
impallerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
impallerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
impallerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
impallerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
impallerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
impalleréste (conditional plural present second-person)
impallerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
impallerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
impàlli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
impàlli (present second-person singular subjunctive)
impàlli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
impalliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
impalliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
impàllino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
impallàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
impallàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
impallàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
impallàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
impallàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
impallàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
impàlla (imperative second-person singular)
impàlli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
impalliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
impallàte (imperative plural second-person)
impàllino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
impallàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
impàlli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
impalliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
impallàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
impàllino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(slang, theater, television) to obstruct the view of (something)


zanni

English: zany

From Zanni, from Venetian Zani, alteration of the given name Gianni, itself a hypocorism for Giovanni.

(theater) a character type representing a servant who is either an astute trickster or a silly jester


semicoro

(music, drama) either of two parts in which a chorus is divided


entrare in scena

entràre in scena (first-person singular present éntro in scena, first-person singular past historic entrài in scena, past participle entràto in scena, auxiliary èssere)

entràre in scena (canonical)
éntro in scena (first-person present singular)
entrài in scena (first-person historic past singular)
entràto in scena (participle past)
èssere (auxiliary)

Literally, “to enter in scene”. Compare French entrer en scène.


boccadopera

(theater) the space within the proscenium arch


art director

Unadapted borrowing from English art director.


commedia palliata

it-noun

commedia palliata f (plural commedie palliate)

(historical, Ancient Rome, theater) a play in the fabula palliata genre


discorso indiretto

Literally, “indirect discourse”, or more loosely translated as “indirect speech”.


batocio

Borrowed from Venetian batocio, due to it being used by Harlequin, a Venetian mask. Doublet of batacchio, batocchio, and battaglio.

doublet

(theater) the stick of a zanni in the commedia dell'arte, most notably of Harlequin and Brighella; behind the scenes it works as a slapstick


andare in scena

(film, theater) (of a film, play, etc.) to be performed; to hit the big screen; to debut