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ITL - La Storia della Lingua Italiana

  1. testimoniata
    demonstrated
  2. immutato
    unchanged
  3. leggermente
    slightly
  4. attraverso
    through/across
  5. testo
    text
  6. volgare
    vulgar/spoken
  7. parlate
    spoken
  8. riferire
    to relate/report
  9. termine
    end/conclusion
  10. popolo
    nation/people
  11. le lingue romanze
    romance languages
  12. affinita'
    affinity/similarity
  13. somiglianze
    similarity
  14. appartenere
    to belong to
  15. comunemente
    commonly/popularly
  16. settoriali
    sectorial
  17. botanica
    botany
  18. nominare
    to name
  19. giurisprudenza
    law/jurisprudence
  20. linguaggio burocratico
    beaurocratic languages
  21. botole
    manhole covers
  22. lo stemma
    coat of arms
  23. i patrizi
    patricians (members of noble families)
  24. i plebei
    plebeians (common folk)
  25. risalire
    to go up/dates back
  26. la sigla
    abbreviation/acronym
  27. tatuaggio
    tattoo
  28. la spalla
    shoulder
  29. ha a che fare
    has to do with
  30. la penisola
    peninsula/italy
  31. poco piu'
    little more
  32. indietro
    back
  33. frammentazione
    fragmentation
  34. variare
    to vary
  35. linguisticamente
    linguistically
  36. secolo
    century
  37. raggiungere
    to reach
  38. Medio Oriente
    Middle East
  39. assistente
    assistant
  40. lo sviluppo
    developement
  41. poesia
    poetry
  42. umbri
    umbrian
  43. didattici
    teaching
  44. settentrionali
    northern
  45. prosa
    prose
  46. fiorentino
    florentine
  47. trattato
    treatise/treaty
  48. letteratura
    literature
  49. comporre
    to compose
  50. Padri Fondatori
    Founding Fathers
  51. La corona
    crown
  52. il culmine
    culmination
  53. riscrivere
    to rewrite
  54. corrente
    common/everyday
  55. dialettologo
    dialectologist
  56. il colmo
    crowning achievement
  57. ufficiale
    official
  58. trattarsi
    to handle one's self
  59. corruzioni
    corruptions
  60. comprendere
    comprise/understand
  61. notevoli
    remarkable
  62. lessico
    lexicon/words
  63. fonologia
    phonology
  64. provenire
    to come from
  65. comprensibile
    comprehensible
  66. cantilena
    sing-songlike quality
  67. consonanti
    consonants
  68. doppie
    double
  69. gorgia
    throat
  70. aspirata
    aspirated
  71. il ritmo
    rhythm
  72. secco
    dry
  73. predominare
    predominate
  74. a dispetto di
    in spite of
  75. bistrattare
    to mistreat
  76. vicedirettore
    vice president
  77. connazionale
    from the same country
  78. padroneggiare
    to master/control
  79. guidicare
    to judge
  80. sbagliare
    to make a mistake
  81. guastare
    to make a mistake
  82. rivedere
    to review
  83. occhiata
    look/glance
  84. intero
    entire
  85. indomani
    the day after tomorrow
  86. pienamente
    fully
  87. aggiungere
    to add
  88. ristrette
    restricted
  89. cerchie
    rings
  90. vicende
    event
  91. statuali
    state (adj)
  92. selva
    wood/forest/hoard
  93. sorgere
    to rise
  94. alfabeta
    literate
  95. analfabeta
    illiterate
  96. porre
    to stay put
  97. il duplice
    the double
  98. giacche
    for as much as / since
  99. alfabetizzazione
    literacy
  100. teorico
    abstract
  101. affrontare
    to confront
  102. efficace
    effective
  103. fondare
    to find
  104. perseguire
    persue
  105. imponendo
    imposing
  106. astratto
    abstract
  107. bensi'
    but rather
  108. crescente
    growing
  109. indebolimento
    weakening
  110. richiedere
    to ask
  111. costretti
    forced
  112. mansione
    task
  113. indebolire
    to weaken
  114. la stampa
    print media
  115. consolidare
    to strengthen
  116. a scapito di
    at the expense of
  117. agire
    toa ct
  118. la sintassi
    syntax
  119. contadini
    peasants
  120. esercito
    army
  121. apprendere
    to learn
  122. servizio di leva
    military service
  123. una rivolta
    a rebellion
  124. vicissitudini
    ups and downs / events
  125. companilismo
    exaggerated attachment to one's own town/customs
  126. romanzo
    novel
  127. sciacquare
    to rinse out
  128. l'idioma
    language/idiom
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ITL - La Storia della Lingua Italiana
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Vocab - the history of the italian language
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