Excerpt from Dictionary of Italian Slang This dictionary is meant as a supplement to the conventional, standard works of reference. It contains many hundreds of words and expressions that have either been completely omitted from the "regular" dictionaries or that are listed by them under a different meaning; for the first group, see appendix a), while for the second group appendix b) contains a number of examples. Since this is not intended to be a scientific study but a practical manual, no attempt has been made to distinguish each entry as to its "level" or to classify dialect terms according to their region of origin; this is rather difficult - in certain cases quite impossible. About twenty years ago, words such as fesso and pignolo would have been considered as southern dialect; today, they are not even slang, just popular terms understood wherever Italian is spoken. The same may be said about ramazza and toso which are of northern origin but now are popular all over the country, with the possible exception of the regions south of Rose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Dictionary Of The English And Italian Languages, Vol. 2In introducing this new Edition of Baretti's Italian and English Dictionary, it might naturally be expected of the Editor, that in his prefatory Remarks, he would pursue the common plan of finding fault with his Predecessors, and vaunting his own additions and corrections; hut the present revisor feels too much respect for the labours of Baretti, and his immediate successors, to attempt to advance his own credit at their expense. In speaking of the work itself, he prefers therefore to notice the general idea of its compilation in Baretti's own words: - "That finding Altieri's Dictionary (though far superior to those of Florio and Torriano) materially defective, both in the number, and in the definition of the words; and having resolved to preface both Volumes with a concise Grammar of each language, for the use of those who were not initiated, he had chosen for his faithful guides, in the grammatical labyrinth, Dr. Johnson in the English, and Buonmattei in the Italian."The Editors of the second and third Editions take credit for having made many additions, and corrected various omissions, as also for having thrown out a variety of indelicate, obsolete, and provincial terms, of no use in themselves, and tending only to increase, unnecessarily, the bulk of the Volumes.It would appear, therefore, at first sight, (with such guides, ) that nothing more would be necessary, in giving a new edition, than to follow the path they had previously trodden. The numerous and well-grounded complaints, however, which resounded from all quarters, too plainly proved, that similar attention had not been paid to the subsequent editions, from the multitude of glaring defects, which had crept in, the quantity of typographical errors, and particularly the unaccountable, and almost total omission of the distinction of the parts of speech, and the nature of the verbs, so essentially necessary in all languages.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Handy Dictionary of the English and Italian Languages: Thoroughly Revised and Re-Written (main) marine, marina. (med.) medicine, medicina. (mil.) military term, termine (mus) music, musica. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Short Italian Dictionary, Vol. 1: Italian-English; Abridged From the Author's Larger Dictionary The need for an Italian-English dictionary brought up to date and obtainable at a moderate price has long been felt. It is hoped that the work now presented, together with the companion volume shortly to be issued, may satisfy the reasonable requirements of a student. The first volume is an abridgment of the author's quarto dictionary published in 1915 and the second an expansion of the English-Italian vocabulary appended thereto. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

(back cover) Travelers who speak some Italian, as well as Italian language students, know how important it is to get past the slang barrier. This book helps them do exactly that. It teaches Italian idioms and demonstrates how Italians use them in normal conversation. More than 4,000 words and colloquial expressions--many not found in standard English-Italian dictionaries--are listed alphabetically with definitions. Each entry includes a phrase or short sentence demonstrating how the term is used in a conversational context. As a comprehensive summary of modern Italian slang usage, this book includes some entries generally considered vulgar. Some readers might find them offensive.

Excerpt from C. Graglia's Pocket-Dictionary Of The English And Italian Languages, Vol. 2: To Which Is Added a Vocabulary Of Sea-Terms And Phrases Acco'unt, s. Conto calcolo, sti ma risguardo. To give an account, render ragione. U on all accounts in tutti i mo i. Acco' unt, v. A. Contare, spiegare, able a. Responsabile, ant, s. Aritmetica. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.