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| abbàttere [... una porta] | to knock down [a door] | a bàttere [...alla porta] | (to) knock at [the door] | ___ | ___ |
| abbattuta | knocked down | a battuta [pagare ...] | pay by the stroke | ___ | ___ |
| abbórdo | I accost | a bórdo | on board | ___ | ___ |
| abbràccio | embrace | a bràccio [fare un discorso a braccio] | impromptu [to make an impromptu speech] | ___ | ___ |
| accadére | to happen | a cadére | (to) fall | ___ | ___ |
| accòppia | it combines | a còppia | in pairs | ___ | ___ |
| accòsto | I approach | a còsto [... di] | even if | ___ | ___ |
| addétto | person in charge, attaché | ha détto | s/he said | ___ | ___ |
| affare [È un affare] | deal [It's a good deal] | a fare [vado...una passeggiata] | (to) do/make/take [I'm going for a walk] | ___ | ___ |
| affatto | quite | ha fatto | s/he did/made/took | ___ | ___ |
| allètto | I attract | ha lètto | s/he read | a lètto | in bed |
| allóra | then | Ha l'óra? | Do you know the time? | all'óra [50 km...] | [50 km] an hour |
| appéso | suspended | a péso | by weight | ___ | ___ |
| (mi) appòsto | I | ha pòsto | s/he put | a pòsto | in place |
| apprèsto | I prepare | a prèsto | see you soon | ___ | ___ |
| appùnto | I sharpen, I note | a punto (mettere ...) | to tune up | ___ | ___ |
| arriva | s/he arrives | a riva | ashore | ___ | ___ |
| asségno | check | a ségno [tiro ...] | target-shooting | ___ | ___ |
| attiro | I attract | a tiro [essere ...] | [to be] within range | ___ | ___ |
| attòrto | twisted | ha tòrto | s/he is wrong | a tòrto [lamentarsi ...] | [to complain] wrongly |
| avvènto | advent | a vènto [mulino ...] | windmill | ___ | ___ |
| avvista | s/he sights | a vista [guardare ...] | [to watch somebody] closely | ___ | ___ |
| avvisto | I sight | ha visto | s/he has seen | ___ | ___ |
| avvòlte | wrapped | a volte | sometimes | ___ | ___ |
| ebbène | so [conjuction] | e bène | ...and well | ___ | ___ |
| eccome | sure! | e come? | and how? | ___ | ___ |
| errare | to err | e rare [pietre preziose ...] | precious and rare stones] | ___ | ___ |
| essènza | essence | e sènza | and without | ___ | ___ |
| evviva | hurra! | e viva | and alive | ___ | ___ |
| fatturare | to bill | fa turare | s/he have (something) sealed | ___ | ___ |
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