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- From the verb pencil: (⇒ conjugate)
- penciled is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections
- v past (US)
- v past p (US)
| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali | WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2026: penciled (US),
pencilled (UK) adj | (written in pencil) | scritto a matita, a matita loc agg | | | Sam left a pencilled note on the desk. |
| 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. |
| Verbi frasali | WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2026: | pencil [sth] in vtr phrasal sep | figurative (schedule tentatively) (appuntamento in agenda) | marcare provvisoriamente, scrivere provvisoriamente, inserire provvisoriamente vtr |
Compound Forms/Forme composte
pencil | penciled | 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 |
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