| English | Italian |
| to drink | |
| to eat | |
| to bite | |
| to suck | |
| to spit | |
| to vomit | |
| to blow | |
| to breathe | |
| to laugh | |
| to see | |
| to hear | |
| to know | |
| to think | |
| to smell | |
| to fear | |
| to sleep | |
| to live | |
| to die | |
| to kill | |
| to fight | |
| to hunt | |
| to hit | |
| to cut | |
| to split | |
| to stab | |
| to scratch | |
| to dig | |
| to swim | |
| to fly | |
| to walk | |
| to come | |
| to lie (as in a bed) | |
| to sit | |
| to stand | |
| to turn (intransitive) | |
| to fall | |
| to give | |
| to hold | |
| to squeeze | |
| | English | Italian |
| to rub | |
| to wash | |
| to wipe | |
| to pull | |
| to push | |
| to throw | |
| to tie | |
| to sew | |
| to count | |
| to say | |
| to sing | |
| to play | |
| to float | |
| to flow | |
| to freeze | |
| to swell | |
| sun | |
| moon | |
| star | |
| water | |
| rain | |
| river | |
| lake | |
| sea | |
| salt | |
| stone | |
| sand | |
| dust | |
| earth | |
| cloud | |
| fog | |
| sky | |
| wind | |
| snow | |
| ice | |
| smoke | |
| fire | |
| ash | |
| to burn | |
| | English | Italian |
| road | |
| mountain | |
| red | |
| green | |
| yellow | |
| white | |
| black | |
| night | |
| day | |
| year | |
| warm | |
| cold | |
| full | |
| new | |
| old | |
| good | |
| bad | |
| rotten | |
| dirty | |
| straight | |
| round | |
| sharp (as a knife) | |
| dull (as a knife) | |
| smooth | |
| wet | |
| dry | |
| correct | |
| near | |
| far | |
| right | |
| left | |
| at | |
| in | |
| with | |
| and | |
| if | |
| because | |
| name | |
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