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Words of the Games of Life · 202 headwords

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

vattelapesca

Heaven knows once

Vattelapesca

Idiom (literally "go fetch it from the fishing") meaning "who knows/goodness knows."

vedere

saw; seen; see 204 times

vide, veduto, vedeva, vedere, visto, vedi, vedendo, vede and 34 more

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

Idiom 'non vedere l'ora di' = 'can't wait to'.

vegliare

keep watch; were watching; lay awake 5 times

veglio, vegliava, Vegliavano

verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, plural

vendere

sell; would sell; will sell 24 times

vendere, vendo, vender, venduto, venderei, venderà, vende, venderebbe and 4 more

verb, infinitive; verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular; verb, past, participle, masculine, singular

vender is an elided (apocopated) form of vendere, common in older/literary Italian.

venire

come; came; comes 139 times

veniva, venuto, venne, venuta, viene, venga, vieni, venire and 22 more

verb, past, participle, masculine, singular; verb, imperfect, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular

absolute participial construction: "once a certain hour has come".

vergognarsi

am ashamed; shame on you; are ashamed 12 times

vergogni, vergogno, Vergògnati, vergognavo, vergògnati, vergognandosi

verb, imperative, second-person, singular, reflexive; verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular; verb, present, subjunctive, first-person, singular

Reflexive imperative of "vergognarsi" (to be ashamed), with the pronoun "ti" attached.

vero

true; real; truth 28 times

vero, veri, vera

adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, masculine, plural; adjective, feminine, singular

viaggiare

traveled; were traveling; traveling 5 times

viaggiava, viaggiò, viaggiavano, viaggiare

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

viandante

traveler; travelers 4 times

viandante, viandanti

noun, singular; noun, masculine, plural; noun, masculine, singular

vile

vile; cowards; cowardly 13 times

vile, vili, Vili

adjective, singular; adjective, plural; adjective (used as noun), masculine, singular

'vile' used here as a noun, 'a coward'

vinto

loser once

vinta

vinta here is the participle of vincere used as a noun, "a defeated woman"; lemma is the dictionary headword vinto.

volere

want; wanted; wants 185 times

voglio, vuoi, voleva, vuole, vuol, voluto, vogliono, volete and 26 more

verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular; verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular; auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular

'voler dire' idiomatically means 'to mean'.

vostro

your; yours 18 times

vostro, vostre, vostra, vostri

determiner, masculine, singular; determiner, feminine, plural; determiner, feminine, singular

Seen once or twice

V.

V.; V twice

vado

go once

vagamente

vaguely once

vagante

roving once

vagare

wandered once

vaglia

money order once

valente

capable once

valentìa

mettle once

valigia

bag once

valle

valley twice

valore

worth once

vampa

flame once

vaneggiare

was raving once

vanità

vanity twice

vanitoso

vain once

vantaggio

advantages once

vantare

boasted; boasting twice

vantare si

boasting once

vantarsi

boasted; boasts twice

vaporosità

haze twice

varcare

I'll cross once

varco

gap once

vario

several twice

vastità

vastness once

vasto

vast once

ve

to you once

vecchiotto

rather old once

vedere ci

meet once

vedere mi

notice me once

vedere ti

to see you once

vedovo

widower once

veemenza

vehemence once

vegetare

vegetated once

veicolo

vehicles once

velenoso

poisonous once

vellutato

velvety once

venare

veined once

vendetta

revenge twice

vendicare

would avenge once

vendicare mi

take revenge once

vendicarsi

take revenge; get his revenge twice

vendita

selling once

venerdì

Friday twice

Venere

Venuses once

veneto

Venetian once

Venezia

Venezia twice

venticinque

twenty-five twice

ventidue

twenty-two twice

ventitré

twenty-three once

ventottesima

twenty-eighth once

ventre

belly once

Venus

Venuses once

venuta

arrival once

venuto

newcomer once

verbasco

mullein once

verdeggiare

turning green; grew green twice

verdolino

greenish once

vergine

a virgin once

vergognoso

ashamed twice

verme

worms once

versarsi

pouring himself once

vescovo

Bishop; bishop twice

vespa

wasps once

vestire si

dressing twice

vetrata

window once

vetta

summit once

vezzeggiare

fussing over it once

viaggiante

travelers once

vibrazione

vibration once

vigilare

watching; watched over twice

vigilare lo

watch him once

vigliaccheria

cowardice once

vignetta

illustrations once

vigoroso

vigorous once

villa

Villa once

viola

violet; violets twice

violentemente

violently once

violento

violent twice

violenza

violence once

violino

violin once

viottolo

lanes once

viscero

innards once

viscido

slick; slimy twice

visetto

little face once

visiera

visor twice

visitatore

visitors; visitor twice

visitatrice

visitor once

vitreo

glassy once

vivacchiare

scraped by once

vivacemente

sharply once

vivente

living once

vizioso

given to vice once

volere si

wanting to; want twice

volgarità

vulgarity once

volgersi

turning; turned twice

voltare si

turn around once

voltarsi

turn; turning back twice

vossignoria

your lordship; lordship twice

vuotare

emptied 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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