l : the, that one

l : thither, there

la camera accanto : adjoining room

la crema : lite

l dietro : behind it

l sotto : under, under it

labbra : lip

labile : unstable, disoriented

labirinto : labyrinth, maze

labkle : weak, flimsily, slight

laboratorio : laboratory

lacerante : rupturing, disrupting

lacrima : tear

lacrimale : teardrops

lacrimare : weep

laddove : when, whilst, while

ladreria : pilferage

ladri : thieves, thieveries, scroungers

ladrocinio : theft, thievery

ladrone : footpad

laghetto : pond

lago : lake, loch

laico : worldly, profanely

laico : layman

laido : unpleasant, lousy, rancid, loathsome, distasteful

laido : ugly

lama : lama

lambire : lick

lamentare : complain, regret, deplore

lamentela : action, plaint, complaint, charge

lamentoso : miserable

lamiera : sheet metal

laminatoio : rolling mill

lampada : light, lamp

lampada ad arco : arclamp

lampadina : bulb

lampante : scintillating

lampeggiare : lightning

lampione : lantern

lampone : raspberry

lana : wool, wools

lana sintetica : rayon staple

lancetta : pointer, cursor, hand, locator

lancetta : fleam

lancia : lance, spear

lancia di salvataggio : lifeboat

lanciabombe : bombthrower

lanciasiluri : torpedo boat

lanciatore : thrower

lancinante : pricking

lancio : flaw, skip, jump

landa : heath

laneria : woollen

lanificio : wool spinning mill

lanuggine : pappus, fluff, floccus

lanuginoso : fluffy

lanuto : fleecy, woolly

lapide : tombstone, gravestone

lapis : pencil

lardite : soapstone

lardo : bacon

lardone : flitch of bacon

largamente : circumstantial, overlaborate, complicated

largamente retribuito : highly paid

largire : spend

largire : grant

largo : ready, wide, broad

laringe : larynx

larva : larva

lasci : lets

lasciapassare : pass

lasciare : to assume, let, leave, lets

lasciare : loose, desertion, forsake, abandon, evacuate

lasciare in eredit : leave

lascivia : obscenity, lewdness

lascivia : lasciviousness, lustfulness

lascivo : lewd

lascivo : randy, lustily, lustful

lasco : slack, loose

lass : up there

lastra : plaque, disc, record, plate

lastra : window pane

lastra : negative

lastricato : plaster

latebra : hiding place

latente : hidden, encrypted, ensconces

latente : occult, hidden

laterale : sides

laterale : lateral

latifondista : big landowner

latitudine : wide, width

lato : page, side, aspect

latrina : lavatory

latta : sheet metal, tin, tin plate

latta bianca : tinplate

latta di benzina : petrol can

latte : milk

latte condensato : evaporated milk

latte integrale : unskimmed milk

latteo : milky

lattoniere : plumber

lattuga : lettuce

lauda : pean

lavabiancheria : washing, washing machine

lavacro : bath, bathroom

lavagna : blackboard

lavare : wash

lavastoviglie : dishwasher

lavata di capo : rubdown

lavatore : washer

lavatura : dishwater, water for rinsing

lavello : sink

lavina : avalanche

lavorante : female worker

lavorante : toiler

lavorare : work, hew

lavorare : work

lavorare a maglia : knit

lavorato : wrought

lavorato a mano : handiwork

lavorazione : mailorder, order, appointment

lavorazione a catena : assembly line work

lavoro : task, labour, occupation, work, job

lavoro : achievement, yield, output

lavoro campestre : ploughing

lavoro in fabbrica : work in a factory

lavoro minuzioso : detail work

lazzo : joke, witticism, hoaw

le C駭eri : ash wednesday

leale : loyal

lealt : loyalty

lealt : loyalness

lebbra : leprosy

lebbroso : leprously

leccapiedi : toadies, toady

leccato : smirkingly

leccatura : artificialness

ledere : damage

lega : union, waistband

lega : cartel

legale : legally

legale : solicitor, lawyer, attorney at law

legale : legal, institutional, lawful

legalit : authenticity

legalitario : licit

legalizzare : legalize

legalizzazione : notarization, attestation, authentication

legame : manacle

legamento : attach, link, tie, ligate, bind, fasten

legante : urgent, ligating, imperative

legare : bind, connect, join, tie, tie up

legare saldamente : fasten, tie, attach

legatoria : bookbindery

legatura : binding

legatura : socket

legazione : legation

legge : act, law

leggenda : legend

leggenda : signs and symbols

leggere : read

leggi : reads

leggibile : readable, readably

leggibilit : readability

leggiero : frivolous, lightheaded, careless

leggio : lectern

leggkbile : legible

legiferatore : legislator

legionario : legionnaire

legiong strankgra : foreign legion

legislativo : legislatively, legislative

legislazione : legislation

legittima : legitimate portion

legittimare : legitimize

legittimazione : identity card, identification card

legittimit : legality

legittimo : perfect, unobjectionable

legittimo : legitimate, rightful, legal, lawful

legittimo : legitimate

legna : wood

legnaiolo : woodworker

legname da costruzione : timber

legnare : whack

legno : timber, wood

legno compensato : plywood

legnoso : woody

legume : vegetables

lei : her, she

lembo : edge, border, margin

lemma : catchword

lemuri : lemures, wraiths

lena : breath

lendine : nit

leniente : lenitive

leniente : palliatives

lenimento : assuagement

lenta : slowly

lente : glasses, spectacles

lente : lentil, lense

lentezza : slowness

lenticchia : lentil

lentiggine : freckle

lentigginoso : freckled

lenzuolo : sheet

leone : lion

leonessa : lioness

leonino : lions

leopardo : leopard, libbard

lepido : jesting

leporino : harelip

lepre : hare, rabbit

lesbio : lesbian

lesinare : skimp

lesione : damage

lesivo : damaging

lessicale : lexical

lessico : dictionary, lexicon

lesto : clever, dexterous, skillful

lestofante : crook, toughs, chiseler, swindler, chiselers

letale : mortal, fatal

letargia : lethargy

letargico : lethargic

letargo : winter sleep

letificante : enjoyable, gratifying

letizia : blissfulness

letta : reading

lettera : wording

lettera alfabetica : letter

lettera amorosa : love letter

lettera di cambio : draft

lettera di credito : letter of credit

lettera di porto : way bill

lettera iniziale : first letter

lettera maiuscola : upper case character

lettera minatoria : threatening letter

lettera minuscola : small letter

lettera urgente : express letter

letterale : literal, textual

letteralmente : literal

letterario : literary

letteratura : literature

lettere : letters

lettere : letters

lettiera : bedstead

letto : bed

letto a due piazze : double bed

letto del fiume : riverbed

lettore : reader

lettore : reader

leucemia : leukemia, leukaemia

leva : notification

leva : roundup

leva : levers, lever, hand gear

leva del cambio : gearshift

levare : withdraw

levarsi : get up, rise, uprise

levatrice : midwife

levatura : abrogate, override, unmake, pick up

levatura : meaning, signification, improtance, sense

levigare : flatten, smooth

levriere : greyhound

lezione : lesson

lezione : hour, time, lesson

leziosaggine : foppery

lezzo : stench, stink, reek, malodorousness

liana : liana

libazione : libation

libbra : pound

libeccio : southwester

libera cacciagione : unprotected game

libera volont : gratuitousness

liberale : generous, lordly, freehanded

liberale : generous, openhanded, open handed

liberale : liberal, liberally

liberalismo : liberalism

liberalizzare : liberalize

liberalizzazione : liberalization

liberamente : frankly

liberante : liberating, freeing, enfranchising, unshackling

liberato : enfranchises, frees, liberates, unshackles, libs

liberatore : liberator, emancipator

liberazione : liberation

libero da imposte : tax-free

libero pensatore : free thinker

libero scambio : free trade

libert : liberty, freedom

libert di movimento : liberty of action

libert di stampa : freedom of the press

libertino : dissipated, excessive

liberto : freedman

libidine : appetency

libidine : sensuously

libraio : bookseller

libreria : bookcase

libreria : bookshop

libretto degli assegni : checkbook, cheque book

libretto di risparmio : savings

libro : book

libro delle ricette : cook book

libro di fiabe : storybook

libro di scuola : class book

licensa : license, licence, degree

licenza : permission

licenziare : furlough

licenziare : give notice, abrogate, dismiss, sack

licenziarsi : say goodbye

licenziato : unburdened, dismiss, give notice, discharge

licenziosit : dissoluteness, licentiousness, libertinism

licenzioso : wild, rollicking, frolicsome

licenzioso : raffish, licentious, dissolute

liciene : lichen

licitare : offer, to provide, to offer

licitazione : offer

licitazione : vendue, auction

lido : beach

lietissimo : delighted

lieto : regales, delighted, regally

lieto : cheery, merry, happy, pleased, glad, cheerily

lievitazione : untwine, rise, open

lignite : lignite

liliaceo : lilies

lilla : purple

lima : file

lima sorda : skulker

limare : rasp

limatura : filings

limitante : limitative, limiting

limitare : restrict

limitativo : restrictively

limitato : lidded

limitazione : restriction, austerity, limitation

limite di velocit : speed limit

limitrofo : border, abutting, adjoining, contiguous, adjacent

limonata : lemonade

limone : lemon

limpidezza : lucidity, articulateness, limpidness, clarity

lince : lynx

linciaggio : lynchlaw

linciare : lynch

lindezza : cleanness

lindo : tidy, clean, unsoiled

linea centrale : center line

linea principale : mainline

linea telefonica : four wire circuit

lineare : unidimensional

lineetta di sospensione : dash

linfa : lymph

linfatico : lymphatic

lingotto : bullion, ingot

lingua : tonque, tongue, lingua

lingua materna : native language

lingua stranigra : foreign nguage, foreign language

linguaggio tecnico : special language

linguale : tongues

lingue : languages

linguistica : linguistics

linguistico : linguistic, philogic, linguistical

lingwacciuto : loquacious, chatty

lingwacciuto : loudmouth

linidicio : flax mill

linimento : liniment, liniments

lino : flax

linoleum : linoleum

liocorno : unicorn

liquame : liquid manure

liquidare : settle, pay, disburse

liquidare : liquidate

liquidatore : liquidator

liquidazione : clearance sale

liquidit : fluidity, fluid, fluidness, liquidness, liquid

liquido : liquidly, fluid, fluidly, liquid, fluxional

liquirizia : licorice

liquore : liqueur

lira : lyre

lirica : lyric poetry, lyrics

lirico : lyric

liscia : sleekly

lisciato : smoothed

lisciatura : compliment, adulation

liscio : makeup, makeup

liscivia : lye

liso : worn out

lista : strip

lista dei vini : wine list

listello : groin

listino : menu, bill of fare

litania : litany

litiga : wrangles

litigai : wrangled

litigare : argue, quarrel, fight

litigigioso : litigious, argumentatively, disputatious

litografare : lithogrph

litografia : lithogrph, lithograph

litografico : lithographic

litro : litre

littoraneo : seacoasts

liturgia : liturgy

liturgico : liturgic

liuto : unquietly, loudly, uproariously

livella : spirit level

livellare : balance, compensate

livello : level

livido : bruise

lobo : rag, clout, rags

lobulo : lobe

locale : regional, locally, local

locale da ballo : dance-hall

localit : area, clime, region

localit : locality

localit balneare : seaside resort, spa

localizzare : locate, localize

localizzazione : localization

locomotiva : locomotive, engine

locusta : grasshopper

locuzione : locution

lodativo : eulogistic

lode : praise, accolade

lodo : arbitral award, arbitration award

lodola : skylark

logaritmico : logarithmically, logarithmic

logaritmo : logarithm

logica : logic

logico : logical, logically

logorante : attritional

logorare : wear out

logorio : wear and tear, scuff, wearout

logoro : outworn

lombaggine : lumbago

lombarde : haunches

lombo : loin, haunch

londinese : londoner

longevit : longevity

longherone : arbor

longitudinale : elongate, lengths

lontano : away

lonza : aitchbone, sirloin

loppa : chaff

loquace : chattily

lordo : gross

lordura : foulness, dirtiness, dirt, smudginess

loricato : armoured, armored

loro : them, you

lotta elettorale : campaign

lottare : wrestle

lottare : fight, combat

lottatore : fighter, wrestler

lottatore : wrestler

lotteria : lottery

lozione : lotion

lozione : hair tonic

lubrico : slippery, slithery, risque

lubrificativo : lubricant, lubricative

lubrificazione : lubrication

luce : light

luce ad arco : arclight

lucentezza perfetta : mirrorfinish

lucertola : lizard

luci della ribalta : limelight, footlights

lucidatore : burnisher

lucrativo : profitable

lucrativo : profitably

lucroso : gainful, profitable

lue : syphilis, lues

lue : epidemic plague, epidemic

luglio : July

lugubre : sad, sadly, lugubrious

lui : he, him

lumaca : slug

lume di luna : moonlight

lumiera : luster, lusters

luminescenza : luminescence

luministica : lighting technology

luna : moon

luna di miele : honeymoon

lunato : moony

luned : Monday

luned : monday

lunghesso : lengthwise

lungo : slow, gently, slowly, adagio

lungo : long

luogo climatico : sanitarium

luogo comune : commonplace

luogo del fatto : site of crime

luogo di nativo : place of birth

luogo di soggiorno : whereabout

luogo di sosta : layby, rest stop

luogo selvaggio : wilderness

luogotenente : gubernatorial

lupi : wolves

lupino : wolfish

lupo : wolf

lupo di mare : water rat

lupo mannaro : werewolf

lusingare : flatter, adulate

lussare : dislocate

lusso : luxury

lussuoso : luxurious

lussuoso : sumptuous

lussurioso : lustful, salacious

lustrale : cathartic, cleansing, scavenging

lustrare : clean