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sabato Saturday
sacerdote priest
salasso bleeding, bloodletting
saponaio, -a soap maker
sarto, -a tailor, seamstress
scapolo bachelor
scarlattina scarlet fever
scheda d'emigrazione emigration file
schedario card index
schede index cards
scriba scribe
scultore sculptor
scuola school
se if, whether
himself, herself, itself, oneself, themselves
secolo century
secondo according to
secondo, -a second
sedicesimo, -a sixteenth
sedici sixteen
seguente following
sei six
sempre still (adverb)
senza without
sepolto buried
sepoltura burial, interment
seppellimento burial
sera evening
serva maid, servant girl
servizio service, employment
servo, -a servant
sessanta sixty
sessantesimo, -a sixtieth
sesso sex (gender)
sesto, -a sixth
settanta seventy
settantesimo, -a seventieth
sette seven
settembre September
settentrionale northern
settimana week
settimo, -a seventh
sezione section, district
si her or himself
siccome since, inasmuch
sig. = signore Mr.
sig.a = signora Mrs.
sigaraio cigar maker
signora Mrs.
Signore Lord
signore Mr.
signorina Miss
sindaco mayor
situazione di famiglia family list register
situazione patrimoniale estate
società societies
soffiatore blower
soldato soldier
solenne solemn
solennizzare il matrimonio solemnization of marriage
solo, -a only
sommario delle materie contents (table of)
sono are
sono, ci there are
sopra over, on, above
soprascritto aforewritten
sopravvivente surviving, still living
sorella sister
sorellastra half sister, step sister
sotto under, beneath
sotto il giorno on the day
sottoscritto the undersigned
sovente often
sp. = sposo, -a spouse
spaccalegna woodcutter
speditore dispatcher
sposa bride, wife
sposarsi to marry
sposato married
sposi husband and wife
sposini newlyweds
sposo bridegroom
staffiere footman, groom
stare to be
stato state (government)
stato civile civil registration
stato d'anima parish census
stato delle anime censuses
stato di famiglia family register
stazione termale spa, bath
stemma coat of arms
stesso same, self
stipettaio cabinetmaker
stitichezza constipation
storia history
storico historian
straccivendolo rag man
strada road, street
stradino road maker
su on, upon, onto
sua his, her, hers, its, your, yours
succursale branch, affiliate
sud south
suddetto aforesaid
sugli on the
sui on the
sul on the
sull' on the
sulla on the
sullo on the
suo his, her, hers, its, your, yours
suo his own, its own (reflexive pronoun)
suòcera mother-in-law
suòcero father-in-law
superiore upper
svizzero Swiss

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