Interlingua/Basic Interlingua English Dictionary

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A

• a to; at; in
• ab from, since
• [ad] to; at (= a)
• accender to light
• adjutar to help
• ager to act, do
• al contraction of a + le
• [alco] anything, something (= alique)
• [alcun] any, some (= alicun)
• alicubi (-ícubi) anywhere, somewhere
• alicun any, some
• alique (ál-) anything, something
• [alora] then (= tunc)
• [alsi] (-í) also, too (= etiam)
• alte high
• altere (ál-) other
• amar to like, love
• ambe both
• amico friend
• [an] used to introduce a question; if, whether
• [ancora] still, yet
• anglese English
• anniversario anniversary, birthday
• anno year
• [anque] (ánke) also, as well, too (= etiam)
• ante before (prep.)
• [antea] previously (= ante)
• aperir to open
• apparer to appear
• appellar to call
• appertiner to belong
• apportar to bring
• apprender to learn
• apud (á-) by, near
• arbore (ár-) tree
• arder to burn
• argento silver
• ascoltar to listen to
• asexual asexual
• assatis (-sá-) rather
• assecurar to assure, insure
• [assi] (-sí) so, thus (= si)
• attacar attack
• attender to wait for
• attinger to attain, reach
• attraher to attract
• audir to hear
• augmentar to increase
• aure ear
• auro gold
• avante before
• ave bird
• avion aeroplane

B

• basse low
• bastante enough; quite
• batter to beat, hit
• belle beautiful
• ben well
  • ben que although
• besonio need
• biber to drink
• billet ticket
• bira beer
• bisexual bisexual
• bon good
• boteca shop
• brachio arm
• bracio arm; brace
• breve short
• bucca mouth
• bureau office

C

• cader to fall
• calide (cá-) hot
• cambiar to change
• camera (cá-) room
• campo field
• capace able, capable
• caper o sasir grasp or hold
• capillos hair
• capite (cá-) head
• car dear; expensive
• casa house
• caso case
• cata each, every
  • cata uno each (one)
• causa cause
  • a causa de because of
• chassar to hunt
• celar to hide
• celo sky, heaven
• cento hundred
• cercar to look for
• certe certain
• cessar to stop
• [ci] here (= hic)
• cinque five
• circa about
• [circum] about (= circa)
• citate city, town
• clauder to close
• cognoscer to know
• colliger gather
• collo neck
• comenciar to begin
• como as; how; like
• comprar to buy
• comprender to understand
• con with
• contar count
• continer to contain
• convenir to suit
• coperir to cover
• corde heart
• corpore (cór-) body
• cosa thing
• costar cost
• creder to believe
• crescer to grow
• [cuje] whose
• currer to run
• curte short
• cute skin

D

• dar to give
• de from; of
• deber to have to, must, ought; duty
• debile (dé-) weak
• dece ten
• del contraction of de + le
• deman tomorrow
• demandar to ask
• dente tooth
• depost afterwards, since
• derecto right
• [desde] afterwards, since
• [detra] behind
• devenir to become
• dextere (déks-) right
• dicer to say, tell
• die day
• difficile (-fí-) difficult
• digito (dí-) finger
• dimension size
• disparer to disappear
• dolor pain
• dono gift
• dormir to sleep
• dubita (dú-) doubt
• ducer to lead
• dum while
• [dunque] therefore
• duo two
• dur hard
• durante during
  • durante que while

E

• e and
• ecce here is (are), behold
• effortiar se to make an effort
• emer to buy
• [era] was, were, used to be (= esseva)
• era era
• es am, is, are
• [esque] (éske) used to introduce a question
• esser to be
• esseva was, were, used to be
• estate summer
• estranie strange
• estranier foreign
• etate age
• etiam (é-) also, as well, too
• evenir to happen
• ex from, out of
• exactemente exactly
• exopere strike,hunger strike(=exopero de fame) , worker strike(=exopero de empleos)
• expensive expensive
• exprimer (se) to express (oneself)
• extra besides, outside

F

• facer to do, make
• facie face
• facile (fá-) easy
• facto deed, fact
• familia family
• fatigate tired
• favor favor
  • per favor please
• felice happy
• femina (fé-) woman
• ferir hit, wound
• filia daughter
• filio son
• fin end
  • a fin de in order to
  • a fin que in order that
  • in fin in short
• finir to finish
• foco fire
• folio leaf
• foras outside
• foris outside
• forsan (fór-) perhaps
• forte strong
• fortiar to force
• fratre brother
• frigide (frí-) cold
• fundar to found
• fundo bottom

G

• gai gay (merry)
• gamba leg
• gambon ham
• ganiar to gain, win
• gauder to be glad
• gaudio joy, happiness
• gay gay (homosexual)
• gelato ice cream
• german German (adj.)
• gorga throat
• grande big, great, large
• grate grateful
• gratias thank you

H

• ha has, have
• haber to have
• hastar to hurry
• heri yesterday
• hiberno winter
• hic here
• hodie today
• homine (hó-) man
• homo: short for homosexual, usable as an adjective or a noun
• homosexual: homosexual
• hora hour; o'clock
• humero (hú-) shoulder

I

• ibi there
• il it; there
  • il ha there is, are
• illa she, her
• illac there
• illas they, them (fem.)
• ille he, him
• illes they, them (masc.)
• illo it; that
• illos they, them (neutr.)
• impedir to hinder
• imprimer to print
• in in, into
• incontrar to meet
• infante child
• infra below
• inseniar to teach
• insimul (-sí-) together
• integre (ín-) whole
• inter among, between
• interim meanwhile
• intersexual intersex (adj)
• intersexualitate intersex (n); intersexuality
• intertanto meanwhile
• intra within
• inviar to send
• ipse -self
• iste this, these (adj.)
• isto this (pron.)

J

• [ja] already, at once (= jam)
• jacer to lie
• jam = already, at once
• jammais ever
• jectar to throw
• jentaculo (-tá-) breakfast
• jocar to play
• junger to join
• juvene (jú-) young
• juxta next to

L

• la her, it
• [la] there (= illac)
• labio lip
• lacrima (lá-) tear
• large broad, wide
• las them (fem.)
• lassar to leave, let
• latere (lá-) side
• lavar to wash
• le the; him, it
• leger to read
• legier (-jér) light (adj.)
• lente slow
• les them (masc.)
• levar to lift
• leve left (adj.)
• libere (lí-) free
• libro book
• lingua tongue; language
• littera (lí-) letter
• lo it
  • lo que what, which
• loco place
• longe long
• [lontan] distant
• lor their
• los them (neut.)
• lumine (lú-) light

M

• [ma] but (= mais)
• mais but
• major greater
• mal bad; badly
• malgrado in spite of
• mancar to lack, be missing
• mangiar (-jár) to eat
• maniera manner
  • de maniera que so that
• mano hand
• mar sea
• marita wife
• marito husband
• matino morning
• matre mother
• me me
• medie half
• mediedie (-díe) midday
• melio better (adv.)
• melior better (adj.)
• mense month
• mente mind
• mentionar to mention
• mesme same; -self
• mesmo even
• mi my
• micre tiny
• minor smaller
• minus (mí-) less, minus
  • a minus que unless
  • al minus at least
• mitter to put
• molle soft
• moneta coin, money
• monstrar to show
• morir to die
• mover to move
• multe many, much
• multo very; very much
• mundo world

N

• nam because
• nascer to be born
• naso nose
• natar swim, float
• [necun] no, none, not any (= nulle)
• [necuno] nobody (= nemo)
• nemo nobody
• nette clean
• ni neither, nor
• nihil nothing
• nimie too many, too much
• no no
• nocte night
• nomine (nó-) name
• non not
  • il non importa que/tan no matter what/how
• nondum (nón-) not yet
• nonne? is it (not)?
• nonobstante nevertheless
• nos we, us
• nostre our
• nove new; nine
  • de nove again
• novem (nó-) nine
• nulle no, none
• nunc now
• nunquam (nún-) never

O

• o either, or
• oblidar to forget
• obra work
• obtener to obtain, to get
• occurrer to happen
• octo eight
• oculo (ó-) eye
• omne all, every
• [on] one, you, they, people (= uno)
• [ora] now (= nunc)
• osso bone

P

• pagar to pay
• pan bread
• pais (-ís) country
• parer to appear, seem
• parlar to speak
• parola word
• partir to leave
• parve small
• passato past (noun)
• patata potato
• patre father
• pauc few
• pauco a little
• paupere (páu-) poor
• pausa guideline
• pecia piece
• pectore (péc-) breast
• pede foot
• pejo worse (adv.)
• pejor worse (adj.)
• pena difficulty
  • a pena hardly, scarcely
• pensar to think
• per by, through
• perder to lose
• periculo (-rí-) danger
• perque (perké) because; why
• pertiner to belong
• pesante heavy
• peter to ask
• petra stone
• piranha piranha
• placer to please; pleasure
• plen full
• plure several
• plus more; plus
  • al plus at the most
  • de plus besides, moreover
  • in plus furthermore
• poc = pauc
• poco = pauco
• pois afterwards; for
  • pois que since, because
• poner to put
• populo (pó-) people
• porta door
• portar to carry
• post after, behind
• postea afterwards
• postmeridie afternoon
• poter to be able, can; power
• povre poor
• precio price; prize
• prender to take, hold of, catch or seize
• presso near (adv.)
  • presso a near (prep.)
• preste quick, ready
• presto immediately; quickly
• preter (pré-) beyond, besides
• prime first
• pro for; in order to
• probar to prove, test
• prohibir forbid
• promitter to promise
• proponer to suggest
• proprie own
• proque (proké) because; why
• protruder to protrude:(protrusion) protrusion
• proxime (pró-) next
• puera (pú-) girl
• puero (pú-) boy
• pulsar to push

Q

• [qua] like, as
• qual what, which
• qualque (quálke) some
• quando when
• quante how many, how much
• quanto as much as; how much
  • quanto a as for
• quasi almost
• quatro four
• que that; what; than; whom
• qui who
• quo where (to...)

R

• rapide (rá-) quick
• ration reason
• [re] about
• recercar search
• reciper to receive
• rege king
• regina queen
• regno kingdom
• regratiar to thank
• regrettar to regret
• reguardar to look at
• remaner to remain, stay
• repasto meal
• repeter to repeat
• responder to answer
• restaurante restaurant
• restar to remain, stay
• retornar to come back
• retro back; ago
• revenir to come back
• ric rich
• rota wheel

S

• salutar to say hello to
• salvo but for
• san healthy
• sanguine (sán-) blood
• saper to know
  • a saper namely
• sasir o caper grasp or hold
• satis (sá-) enough; fairly, quite
• scriber to write
• se her-, him-, it-, oneself, themselves
• seculo (sé-) century
• secundo along; according to
• secur secure; sure
• sed but
• seder to sit
• seliger choose
• semper always
• [sempre] always (= semper)
• senior Mr., sir
• seniora Mrs., lady
• senioretta Miss
• sentir to feel
• septe seven
• septimana week
• sequer to follow
• [sera] (-rá) will be (= essera)
• servitor waiter, servant
• sex six
• si yes; if; as; so
• sia be; whether, or
• simile (sí-) similar
• sin without
• sinistre left
• sino bosom
• sol alone, single, sole; sun
• solmente only
• solo only; solo; soil, floor
• [son] are (= es)
• soror sister
• sortar sort (= kind, class);
  • de sorta que so that
• sortir to go out, to come out
• [sovente] often (= subinde)
• speculo (spé-) mirror
• sperar to hope
• stadio stadium; stage (of development)
• star to stand
• stomacho (stó-) stomach
• stoppar to stop
• strata street
• su her, his, its, one's
• sub under
• subite (sú-) sudden
• sud south
• suggerer suggest
• super (sú-) above, on, over
• suppa soup
• supponer to suppose
• supra above
• [sur] above, on, over (= super)

T

• tabula (tá-) table
• tacer to be silent
• tal such
• [tamen] (tá-) however, yet (= totevia)
• tante so many, so much
• tanto as; so; so much
  • in tanto que inasmuch as
• tarde late
• tassa cup
• te you (obj.)
• tempore (tém-) time; weather
• terra earth
• testa head
• tener to hold, keep
• timer to be afraid of
• tirar to pull, to shoot
• toccar to touch
• tornar to turn
• tosto early, soon
  • plus tosto rather
• tote all, every
• totevia (-ía) nevertheless
• toto all, everything
  • non del toto not at all
• tractar to deal with
• traducer to translate
• traher to drag, draw
• tranquille calm, quiet
• traino train
• trans across, beyond
• transgenere transgender
• travaliar to work
• tres three
• [troppo] too, too much
• trovar to find
• tu you; your
• [tum] then
• tunc then

U

• ubi where
• ubique everywhere
• ulle any, some
• ultime (úl-) last
• ultra beyond; besides
• un a, an; one
• unquam (ún-) ever
• urbe town
• usar to use
• usque as far as, until
• utile (ú-) useful

V

• va go(es), am/is/are going
• vacue empty
• vader to go
• varie various
• vender to sell
• ventre stomach
• venir to come
• ver true
• verso towards
• vespere (vés-) evening
• vetere (vé-) old
• vetule (vé-) old
• via away; road, way
• viagiar (-jár) to travel
• vice time; turn
  • a vices at times
  • in vice de instead of
• vider to see
• vino wine
• visage (-áje) face
• visitar to visit
• vista sight, view
• viste considering
• vita life
• vitro glass
• viver to live
• voce voice
• volar to fly
• voler to want, wish
• vos you
• vostre your

W

• west west

Y

• [ya] already, at once (= ja, jam)