Phrasal Verbs: Relationships

Relationships

• Bring (someone) up means to look after a child until they become an adult, translating to "crescere, allevare" in Italian.
• Fall out with means to stop being friendly with someone due to a disagreement; the Italian translation is "litigare con, bisticciare con."
• Get on with means to like each other and be friendly, translated as "andare d'accordo con qualcuno" in Italian.
• Give up means to stop doing something you are trying hard to do; it is translated as "arrendersi" in Italian.
• Grow up means to change from being a baby or young child to an older child or adult, translated as "crescere" in Italian.
• Let (someone) down means to disappoint someone by not doing something they expect, translated as "deludere" in Italian.
• Look up to means to admire and respect someone, translating to "guardare qualcuno con ammirazione" in Italian.
• Put up with means to accept something unpleasant in a patient way, translated as "sopportare, tollerare" in Italian.
• Run out of means not having any more of something left, translating to "finire, terminare, esaurire" in Italian.
• Sort out means to successfully deal with a problem, disagreement, or difficult situation, translating to "sistemare, riordinare" in Italian.
• Split up with means to end a marriage or romantic relationship, translating to "separarsi da" in Italian.
• Tell (someone) off means to criticize someone angrily for doing something wrong; the Italian translation is "rimproverare qualcuno".

Describing People

• Almond-shaped (eyes) refers to eyes that have the same shape as an almond, described as "occhi a mandorla" in Italian.
• Ambitious means determined to be successful, rich, famous, etc.; the Italian translation is "ambizioso."
• Bald means having little or no hair on your head, translated as "calvo" in Italian.
• Cheerful means behaving in a happy, friendly way, translated as "allegro" in Italian.
• Curly (hair) refers to hair that forms curves or circles, translated as "capelli ricci" in Italian.
• Dark (eyes/complexion) indicates dark hair, eyes, or skin that are brown or black in color; the Italian translation is "occhi scuri, carnaggione scura."
• Decisive means being able to make choices or decide what to do quickly and confidently, and is translated as "deciso" in Italian.
• Enthusiastic means very interested in something or excited by it; the Italian translation is "entusiasta, appassionato."
• Expressive (face) means clearly showing your thoughts or feelings, especially through your behavior, translated as "espressivo" in Italian.
• Fat describes a person or animal with too much flesh on their body and weighs too much, translated as "grasso" in Italian.
• Flowing (hair) describes hair hanging in an attractive way; the Italian translation is "chioma fluente."
• Freckled (face) means covered in freckles, translated as "lentigginoso" in Italian.
• Friendly describes someone who is always pleasant and helpful towards other people; the Italian translation is "amichevole, simpatico."
• Generous is giving more time or money than is usual or expected and translated to 'generoso' in Italian.
• Hazel (eyes) are light brown and slightly green or golden and translated to 'occhi color nocciola'.
• Healthy (complexion) is showing that one is physically strong and not ill and translated to 'carnaggione sana'.
• Honest is a person does not lie or cheat and translated to 'onesto'.
• Imaginative is used about someone who has new, different or exciting ideas and translated to 'fantasioso, immaginoso'
• Immature is behaving in a silly way as though they are much younger which is translated to 'immaturo'.
• Immodest is someone who thinks they are very good or clever and likes to talk about their achievements and translated to 'spudorato'
• Impatient is annoyed because something is not happening as quickly as you want and translated to 'impaziente'
• Impolite is not polite which is translated to 'scortese'
• Inconsiderate is not thinking about other people and their feelings which translates to 'indelicato, privo di tatto'
• Indecisive means unable to make decisions which is translated to 'indeciso'
• Insensitive is not noticing or caring about other people's feelings or needs, and not worrying what things you say that may upset and translated to 'insensibile'.
• Insincere means not expressing your feelings or opinions honestly which is translated to 'insincero, falso'.
• Intolerant means not willing to accept behaivour, belifs or opinions that are different which translates to 'intollerante'.
• Kind means behaiving in a way that shows you care about other people and want to help them and translates to 'gentile, cortese'.
• Mature means behaving in a sensible way that you would expect of an adult and translates to 'maturo'.
• Modest means a person whom does not like to talk about themselves or their achievements and translates to 'modesto, riservato'.
• Overweight is heavier than you should be and translates to 'sovrappeso'
• Pale is a person who has a lighter skin than usual and translates to 'pallido'
• Passionate means showing or expressing strong beliefs, interest or enthusiasm and translates to 'appassionato'
• Patient is someone who is able to wait for a long time or deal with a difficult situation without becoming angry and translates to 'paziente'
• Piercing (eyes) can see and understand more than other people and translates to 'penetrante'
• Plump means slightly fat in a pleasant way which translates to 'grassotello'
• Polite is someone who always behaves in a pleasent way that follows all the usual rules of society which translates to 'rispettoso'.
• Proud is a person that does not like other people to help them or to think they are weak which translates to 'fiero'.
• Reliable is someone who you can trust to behave well which translates to 'affidabile'.
• Reserved is someone who tends not to talk about or show their feelings which translates to 'riservato'.
• Respectful is feeling or showing respect which translates to 'rispettoso'.
• round (face) is shaped like a circle or ball and translates to 'viso tondo'
• Scruffy (hair) is untidy or dirty translates to 'trascurato'
• Selfish means thinking only about yourself and not caring about other people which translates to 'egoista’
• Sensitive means likely to become angry or upset easily and translates to 'sensibile’
• Shoulder-length (hair) is shoulder-length hair reaches down to your shoulders which translates to 'lungo fino alle spalle’.
• Shy means nervous and embarrassed in the company of other people especially who you do not know which translates to 'timido’
• Sincere is talking and acting in a way that shows you really mean what you say and do translated to 'sincero'
• Skinny is very thin, in a way that is not attractive translated to 'magro, secco'
• Slim is thin in an attractive way translating to 'magro'
• Smooth complexion is completely even with no rough areas or lamps translating to 'liscio'
• Sociable is a sociable person is friendly and enjoys being with other people translating to 'socievole'
• Sparkling (eyes) is shine with small points of reflected light translating to 'occhi scintillanti/luminosi'
• Spotty (complexion) is someone who is spotty has a lot of small red lumps on their skin, especially on their face translating to 'brufoloso'
• Straight (hair) is something that is straight does not bend or curve translating to 'capelli lisci'
• Stubborn is not willing to change their ideas or to consider anyone else's reasons, or arguments translating to 'ostinato'
• Tanned (face) is someone who is tanned has darker skin than before because of spending time in the sun translating to 'abbronzato'
• Thin is someone who has very little fat on their body translating to 'magro, snello'
• Thinning (hair) means gradually losing the hair from their head translating to 'capelli assottigliati'
• Tolerant is willing to accept someone elses belifes, way of life etc without critize them, even if you disagree with them which translates to 'tollarante, aperto'
• Unambitious is not determined to be successful, rich or famous which translates to 'privo di ambizioni'.
• Unimaginative is unable to think of new and interesting things and translates to 'privo di fantasia/ingegno'.
• Unreliable is someone who will not do what ask them to do and will not do it well which translates to 'inaffidabile'
• Unsociable are not interested in meeting people or doing things with other people which translates to 'asociale, poco socievole'
• Well-built is a person who has a body that people admire because of its strength or beauty which translated to 'robusto'
• Wrinkled (face) has a lot of small lines on it which translates to 'rugoso' in Italian.