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Words of the Games of Life · 185 headwords

Each word with its meanings, its forms, and the lines it stands in.

galera

galley-ship once

galera

galera literally means "galley-ship/prison"; used figuratively here for a tedious, confining place of work.

gettare

threw; thrown; throw 22 times

gettò, gettare, gettato, gettando, Gettatelo, getterei, getto, gettano and 6 more

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, infinitive; verb, past, participle, masculine, singular

Combines the imperative "gettate" (throw) with the clitic pronoun "lo" (it).

giammai

Never! 3 times

Giammai

Literary/emphatic form of mai, "never".

giocare

play; played; bet 5 times

giocato, giochino, giocare, giocava

verb, past, participle, masculine, singular; verb, present, subjunctive, third-person, plural; verb, infinitive

giorno

day; days; morning 78 times

giorno, giorni, gíorno

noun, masculine, singular; noun, masculine, plural

qualche + singular noun idiomatically means "a few days", though giorno itself stays grammatically singular.

Giovanni

John once

Giovanni

Together with "S." (previous segment), refers to the iconographic young Saint John the Baptist figure.

giovine

young man; young; young woman 20 times

giovine, Giovine

noun, masculine, singular; adjective, singular; adjective, feminine, singular

Historical spelling of giovane; kept as its own lemma since it is a genuine older form, not a mere typo.

giro

round; turn; out and about 6 times

giro, giri

noun, masculine, singular; noun, masculine, plural

"in giro" is an idiom meaning "out and about"; split here across the two words.

giungere

arrived; reached; having reached 20 times

giunse, giunsero, giunti, giungere, giungesse, giunte, giunto, Giunti and 1 more

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, past, participle, masculine, plural; verb, infinitive

'sente giunta la sua primavera' = senses that her spring has come; giunta is a participle agreeing with primavera, not a noun subject.

giusto

right; just; Right 8 times

giusto, Giusto, giusti

adjective, masculine, singular; adverb; adjective, masculine, plural

giusti is the adjective "fair/just", not a verb participle.

gliela

her to her; on you twice

Gliela, Gliel’

pronoun cluster, indirect + direct object; pronoun, feminine, singular

Gliela fuses glie- ("to her") with -la ("her/it"), doubling up the two people referred to.

gliene

to her; to her of it twice

gliene

pronoun, combined clitic (indirect object + partitive); pronoun, fused dative + partitive clitic (to her, of it)

gliene fuses le ("to her") with the partitive ne ("of/from it"), a common Italian clitic cluster.

grazie

thank you; thanks; Thank you 6 times

grazie, Grazie

interjection; noun

gridare

shouted; cried; shouts 56 times

gridò, gridare, grida, gridando, griderà, gridava, gridato, Griderai and 1 more

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, infinitive; verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular

guardare

looked at; looked; look 150 times

guardò, guardava, guarda, guardare, guardando, guardarono, guardavano, guardato and 7 more

verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, gerund

formal Lei address takes the third-person verb form.

Seen once or twice

gaio

gay once

galante

gallant once

galantemente

gallantly once

galleggiare

floating once

Gallia

Gaul once

gallo

rooster once

gallone

braid twice

galoppare

galloped once

gara

contest twice

garbare

like once

gaudio

pleasure once

gazza

magpies once

gazzarra

merrymaking once

gelare

froze; chilled twice

gelido

icy once

gemente

moaning once

gemito

moan; groan twice

gemma

buds twice

genere

kind once

generoso

generous once

genio

spirit; genius twice

genitore

parents once

gennaio

January once

genuino

genuine once

genziana

gentians once

germe

seed twice

gesso

plaster once

gettare lo

throwing it once

getto

jet; jets twice

gherminella

trick once

ghetta

gaiters once

ghiacciato

frozen; icy twice

giacchettino

little jacket once

giacere

lay once

giaciglio

pallet once

Giacinto

Giacinto once

giallastro

yellowish twice

gigante

giants once

gigantesco

gigantic once

giglio

lily once

ginestra

broom shrubs once

ginocchio

knees; his knees twice

giocatore

players once

giochetto

little game once

gioiello

jewel once

giornaletto

papers once

giovanetto

young man once

giovinetta

young girl; young woman twice

giovinezza

youth twice

giovinotto

young man twice

girovago

traveling once

giudeo

Jews once

giudizio

Judgment twice

giugno

June twice

giumenta

mare once

giunco

rushes twice

giunto

clasped once

giuoco

game twice

giustacuore

waistcoat; doublet twice

giustizia

law once

glielo

it to her once

gobbetta

little hunchback; hunchback woman twice

gomito

elbows once

gorgogliare

gurgling; bubbled twice

gracchiare

cawed once

gradevolmente

pleasantly once

gradinata

stairway twice

gran

great twice

grandemente

greatly once

grandioso

grandiose once

granellino

grain twice

granito

granite twice

grano

grain once

granone

maize once

grappolo

clusters once

grato

grateful once

gratuitamente

free of charge once

gravemente

gravely once

gravidanza

pregnancy once

gravido

pregnant once

graziosamente

graciously twice

grembo

her lap twice

gremito

packed once

grotta

cave twice

guadagnare

to gain; earned twice

guaio

trouble twice

guaire

whined once

guaito

yelp once

guanciale

pillow once

guanto

gloves twice

guardare la

look at her; looking at her twice

guardare lo

look at him; staring at it twice

guardare si

look at himself; looking at himself twice

guardare vi

looking into it once

guardarsi

each other; taking care twice

guardiano

guardian once

guarire

cured; get well twice

guarnire

trimming; trimmed twice

guarnito

trimmed once

guerriero

war once

guizzo

flicker once

The particulars

The words
Every word of the text, parsed: its headword, its form and its meaning in the line. Source text: public domain (Grazia Deledda, d. 1936; collection first published 1905).
Translation
Public-domain Italian (Deledda, d. 1936; collection published 1905). English translation © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC.
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Two whoopie pies and a pine. An inside joke.