AP - Vocabolario Ligua readings

language

la lingua

territory / area

il territorio

dialect

il dialetto

history / story

la storia

village / hamlet

il borgo

castle

castello

mountain

la montagna

place

il luogo

pronunciation

la pronuncia

Germany

Germania

to speak

parlare

to ask

chiedere

to start / to begin

iniziare

to establish oneself / to prevail

imposi

to survive

sopravvivere

to listen to

ascoltare

to converse / to talk

discorrere

to distinguish oneself / to stand out

distinguersi

to find

trovare

to use

usare

official

ufficiale

widespread or common

diffuso

prodigious or extraordinary

prodigioso

charming or evocative

suggestivo

colorful or expressive

colorito

aspirated

aspirato

characteristic or distinctive

caratteristico

affascinante

fascinating

ancient

antico

predominant or main

prevalente

Attitude or Behavior

L'atteggiamento

Architecture or Framework

L'architettura del pensiero

Underlayer or Cultural background

Il substrato

Nuance or Shade of meaning

La sfumatura

Language or Idiom

L'idioma

Mixture or Blending

La commistione

Vehicle or Carrier

Il vettore

Hesitation or Moral qualm

La remora morale

Cradle

La culla

To model

Modellare

To emphasize or To highlight

Porre l'accento su

To forge or To shape

Forgiare

To process

Processare

To derive from

Trarre da

To master or To speak fluently

Padroneggiare

To impose

Imporre

To implement or To put into action

Mettere in atto

To turn off or To suppress

Spegnere

Underlying / Implicit

Sotteso/a

Growing / Sizable

Nutrito/a

Unchanged

Immutato/a

Utilitarian / Practical

Utilitaristico/a

Native speaker / Native language

Madrelingua

Bilingual

Bilingue

Having greater openness

Saperne di più / Avere maggior apertura

scary

Spaventoso