| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali |
WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2026:
| pencil n | (writing and drawing tool) | matita nf |
| | Marilyn is sketching Lisa's portrait with a pencil. |
| | Marilyn sta facendo un ritratto di Lisa a matita. |
| pencil n | (tool for applying cosmetics) | matita nf |
| | Joan carefully outlines her eyes with a pencil. |
| | Joen si disegna con attenzione la riga sugli occhi con la matita. |
| pencil n | uncountable (medium: graphite) | matita nf |
| | Sandra drew my portrait in pencil. |
| | Sandra mi ha fatto il ritratto a matita. |
| pencil [sth]⇒ vtr | (write [sth] in pencil) | scrivere a matita vtr |
| | Steve pencilled his thoughts on the pad. |
| | Steve ha scritto a matita i suoi pensieri sul blocchetto. |
| Compound Forms/Forme composte |
WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2026:
| blue-pencil [sth]⇒ vtr | figurative (edit, censor) | correggere⇒ vtr |
colored pencil,
color pencil (US),
coloured pencil (UK) n | (colored drawing tool) | pastello nm |
| | I used a coloured pencil to draw my teddy bear. |
| | Ho usato un pastello per disegnare il mio orsacchiotto. |
colored pencil (US),
coloured pencil (UK) n | uncountable (colored drawing medium) | pastello nm |
| | She is a master of still lifes in coloured pencil. |
| | È una maestra delle nature morte a pastello. |
coloring pencil (US),
colouring pencil (UK) n | (colored drawing tool) | pastello nm |
| | | matita colorata nf |
| | She passed the time drawing pictures with her colouring pencils. |
| | Passò il tempo facendo disegni con le sue matite colorate. |
| eyebrow pencil n | (make-up for eyebrows) | matita per le sopracciglia nf |
| lead pencil n | (graphite pencil) | matita nf |
| | When I was a child I accidentally stabbed my leg with a lead pencil and you can still see the mark today! |
mechanical pencil,
also UK: propelling pencil n | mainly US (retractable graphite drawing tool) | portamine, portamina nm |
| | (non comune) | matita meccanica nf |
| | I haven't used a mechanical pencil since my high school years! |
| | Non uso un portamine da quando frequentavo le superiori! |
| pencil box | (box for pencils) | astuccio nm |
| pencil case n | (container for writing implements) | astuccio, portapenne nm |
| | All the children had new pencil cases and new pens. |
| | Tutti i bambini avevano nuovi astucci e nuove penne. |
| pencil crayon n | Can (colored pencil) | matita colorata nf |
| pencil drawing n | (picture drawn using graphite pencil) | disegno a matita nm |
| | The young man created a detailed pencil drawing using the cross-hatch method. |
| pencil holder n | (container) | portamatite nm |
| pencil lead n | (graphite part of a pencil) | mina di matita |
| pencil pouch n | (soft case for storing pencils) | astuccio per matite |
pencil pusher,
pencil-pusher n | slang, pejorative ([sb] who does clerical work) | passacarte nm |
| | We do all the dirty work while those pencil pushers do nothing! |
| pencil sharpener n | (tool) | temperino, temperamatite nm |
| | The tip of Jake's pencil broke, so he used his pencil sharpener. |
| | La punta della matita di Jack si è rotta, così ha utilizzato il temperamatite. |
| pencil shavings npl | (sharpenings from a pencil) | trucioli di matita |
| pencil skirt n | (women's garment: straight skirt) | gonna dritta nf |
| | She looked very smart in a pencil skirt and matching jacket. |
| | Era molto elegante con una gonna dritta coordinata a una giacca. |
| pencil stroke n | (mark made by a pencil) | tratto di matita |
| | I wanted to be a writer but I stopped after the first pencil stroke. |
| styptic pencil n | (medicine) | matita emostatica nf |
| | | agente emostatico nm |
watercolor pencil (US),
watercolour pencil (UK) n | (water-soluble colored pencil) | pastello acquarellabile nm |