Reading & Listening Vocab Italian

licenziato

to lose one's job

sorridere

to smile

cercare

to search/to try

seguire

to follow

scoprire

to discover

leggiero/pesante

light in weight/ heavy

lamentare

to be unhappy

inguisto/ ingiustizia

unjust

regista

director

raccontare

To recount/retell

raggiungere

to achieve

ridere

to laugh

piangere

to cry

rivedere (rivisto)

to see again

in periferia

the suburbs

ricordare

to remember

sottolineare (ho sottolineato)

to underline/ to emphasise

perdere

to lose/ to miss

tifosi

fans, supporters

basso

short

magro

thin

i baffi

moustache

calvo, pelato

bald

la barba

beard

furbo

sly

mi fido di loro

I trust them

mi lascia

let me

mangiare fuori

to eat out

asciugamano

towel

nonostante

despite

dubbio

to doubt

favolosa

fabulous

dimenticare

to forget

anfiteatro

amphitheater

disengare

to design

tecnico/a

the technician (m & f)

le sue lezioni

his lessons

ci spiega bene

explains it well

disegno

drawing

paura

afraid

potere

to be able to

gara

race, competition, contest

conoscuito

to meet, known

frequenta

to attend

ingegnere

engineer

all'estero

to go abroad

dunque

therefore

l'inquinamento

pollution

ricerche

research

nessuna

none

cura

treatment

rimanare

to remain

annoiarti

to get bored

senza

without it

chiedere

to ask

nascondere

to hide

provare

to try

democratico/a

democratic

sciolta

released, free

allora

then, so, therefore

soggiorno

to stay

trascorrere

to spend time

l'impiego

employment; job

disposti

arranged, willing

aumentare

to raise, increase

rinunciare

renounce

mi riguarda

it concerns me

trascorrere

to spend time

sotto

under

sanno

they know

pochi

few

schiarirti

clear up

intraprendere

undertake, undertook, undertaken

ancora

yet; again, still, more, another