What does passione in Italian mean?

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

The word passione in Italian means suffering, pain, passion, attraction, lust, fascination, passion, heart, love, passion, turn on, have a passion for, have a passion for, enthusiastically, passion fruit, work for the love of it, all absorbing passion, overwhelming passion. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word passione

suffering, pain

sostantivo femminile (sofferenza indicibile)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La passione struggeva la povera donna.
The poor woman was overcome with suffering.

passion, attraction, lust

sostantivo femminile (attrazione sessuale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La passione tra i due è lampante.
There is an amazing attraction between the two of them.

fascination, passion

sostantivo femminile (forte interesse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sua passione è il football.
His passion is football.

heart, love, passion

sostantivo femminile (entusiasmo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Luca mette una grande passione nel proprio lavoro.
Luca puts a lot of love into his job.

turn on

(romance, passion, sexual)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")

have a passion for

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

have a passion for

enthusiastically

passion fruit

sostantivo maschile (frutto)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

work for the love of it

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

all absorbing passion, overwhelming passion

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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