"embè" meaning in Italian

See embè in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /emˈbɛ/
Rhymes: -ɛ Etymology: Apocopic form of ebbene. Etymology templates: {{apocopic form of|it|ebbene}} Apocopic form of ebbene Head templates: {{head|it|conjunction}} embè
  1. (colloquial) so (followed by a question and used to urge to answer) Tags: colloquial Synonyms: allora, beh
    Sense id: en-embè-it-conj-oNSL4wMU Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ebbè

Interjection

IPA: /emˈbɛ/
Rhymes: -ɛ Etymology: Apocopic form of ebbene. Etymology templates: {{apocopic form of|it|ebbene}} Apocopic form of ebbene Head templates: {{head|it|interjection}} embè
  1. (colloquial, rhetorical question) so what (usually showing annoyance or surliness) Tags: colloquial, rhetoric Categories (topical): Italian rhetorical questions Synonyms: e allora, e quindi
    Sense id: en-embè-it-intj-RJgSjX2E
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ebbè
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ebbene"
      },
      "expansion": "Apocopic form of ebbene",
      "name": "apocopic form of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Apocopic form of ebbene.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "embè",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "em‧bè"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So... are we going or not?",
          "text": "Embè... andiamo o no?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "so (followed by a question and used to urge to answer)"
      ],
      "id": "en-embè-it-conj-oNSL4wMU",
      "links": [
        [
          "so",
          "so"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) so (followed by a question and used to urge to answer)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "allora"
        },
        {
          "word": "beh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/emˈbɛ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ebbè"
    }
  ],
  "word": "embè"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ebbene"
      },
      "expansion": "Apocopic form of ebbene",
      "name": "apocopic form of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Apocopic form of ebbene.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "embè",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "em‧bè"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Italian rhetorical questions",
          "parents": [
            "Rhetorical questions",
            "Idioms",
            "Questions",
            "Sentences",
            "Figures of speech",
            "Multiword terms",
            "Rhetoric",
            "Lemmas",
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Did you fail to pass? — So what?!",
          "text": "Ma sei stato bocciato? — Embè?!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "so what (usually showing annoyance or surliness)"
      ],
      "id": "en-embè-it-intj-RJgSjX2E",
      "links": [
        [
          "so what",
          "so what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, rhetorical question) so what (usually showing annoyance or surliness)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "e allora"
        },
        {
          "word": "e quindi"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "rhetoric"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/emˈbɛ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ebbè"
    }
  ],
  "word": "embè"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian apocopic forms",
    "Italian conjunctions",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian interjections",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛ",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ebbene"
      },
      "expansion": "Apocopic form of ebbene",
      "name": "apocopic form of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Apocopic form of ebbene.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "embè",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "em‧bè"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian colloquialisms",
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So... are we going or not?",
          "text": "Embè... andiamo o no?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "so (followed by a question and used to urge to answer)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "so",
          "so"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) so (followed by a question and used to urge to answer)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "allora"
        },
        {
          "word": "beh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/emˈbɛ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ebbè"
    }
  ],
  "word": "embè"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian apocopic forms",
    "Italian conjunctions",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian interjections",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛ",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ebbene"
      },
      "expansion": "Apocopic form of ebbene",
      "name": "apocopic form of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Apocopic form of ebbene.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "embè",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "em‧bè"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian colloquialisms",
        "Italian rhetorical questions",
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Did you fail to pass? — So what?!",
          "text": "Ma sei stato bocciato? — Embè?!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "so what (usually showing annoyance or surliness)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "so what",
          "so what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, rhetorical question) so what (usually showing annoyance or surliness)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "e allora"
        },
        {
          "word": "e quindi"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "rhetoric"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/emˈbɛ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ebbè"
    }
  ],
  "word": "embè"
}

Download raw JSONL data for embè meaning in Italian (2.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Italian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (eaedd02 and 8fbd9e8). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.