What does guardare in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word guardare in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use guardare in Italian.

The word guardare in Italian means look at, watch, watch, look at, check, inspect, look at yourself, look out for, beware of, pay attention, look out, open to, guard, on closer view, on close inspection, and the stars look down, examine a phenomenon in its entirety, look backward, look behind you, face forwards, look towards the front, give a bad look, see out of the corner of your eye, check out with the corner of the eye, glare at, stare angrily at, look smugly at, look down on, leer, look at askance, look askance, glower, look sbd in the face, look sbd in the face, watch TV, watch television, window shop, look sbd in the eyes, look beyond, look askance, look askance, look strangely at, look on the internet, search on the internet, let someone look at you, answer to no one, no longer look, look at sideways, they stood there watching, they stood there looking, stay on the sidelines to watch happen. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word guardare

look at

verbo intransitivo (volgere lo sguardo a [qc])

Guarda sul tavolo e dimmi se ci sono altre macchie.

Look at the table and tell me if there are any other stains.

watch

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (osservare con cura)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

Vincenzo guardò la commessa con malizia.

ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. I am watching the last episode of the season.

watch, look at

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (visionare [qc])

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

Sto guardando l'ultima puntata della stagione.

I'm watching the last episode of the season.

check, inspect

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (controllare, verificare)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

Guarda bene la lettera che hai scritto, è piena di errori.

Check the letter you wrote carefully. It is full of mistakes.

look at yourself

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (volgere lo sguardo a sé stessi)

Lucia passa ore a guardarsi allo specchio.

Lucia spends hours looking at herself in the mirror.

look out for, beware of

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (difendersi da qn o [qc])

Guardati bene dagli uomini troppo gentili!

Beware of men who are too nice.

pay attention

verbo intransitivo (badare, fare attenzione)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

Mario guarda troppo all'apparenza e poco alla sostanza.

Mario pays too much attention to appearance and too little to substance.

look out, open to

verbo intransitivo (luogo: affacciarsi)

(phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, not divisible--for example,"go with" [=combine nicely]: "Those red shoes don't go with my dress." NOT [S]"Those red shoes don't go my dress with."[/S])

L'albergo guarda sul fiume.

The hotel looks out onto the river.

guard

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (sorvegliare, custodire)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

Guarda il nonno fino al mio ritorno.

Watch over granddad until I get back.

on closer view, on close inspection

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

and the stars look down

examine a phenomenon in its entirety

look backward, look behind you

face forwards, look towards the front

(literal)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

Bisogna guardare sempre avanti e non arrendersi mai.

You need to always look to the future and never give up.

give a bad look

see out of the corner of your eye

check out with the corner of the eye

glare at, stare angrily at

look smugly at

look down on

leer, look at askance

look askance

glower

look sbd in the face

watch TV, watch television

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

Ti va di guardare la tv insieme?

Do you want to watch TV together?

window shop

look sbd in the eyes

look beyond

verbo intransitivo (non fermarsi all'apparenza)

look askance

look strangely at

look on the internet, search on the internet

let someone look at you

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

answer to no one

(figurative)

no longer look

look at sideways

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (guardare male, disapprovare)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

Quando ho menzionato il mio nuovo progetto, il collega mi ha guardato di sbieco.

When I mentioned my new project, my colleague looked at me sideways.

they stood there watching, they stood there looking

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

stay on the sidelines to watch happen

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