Vocabolario per IELTS (Base) - Famiglia e Relazioni

one's brother or sister

fratello e sorella

a male or female partner in a marriage

sposa

a period in one's life between puberty and adulthood

adolescenza

a young child who is starting to learn how to walk

bambino

a relationship formed between people or groups based on mutual experiences, ideas, feelings, etc.

legame

the state of being a father to a child or children

paternità

the relationship between two or more brothers

fratellanza

the state of being a mother to a child or children

maternità

the state of being a child

infanzia

a retired person who gets an amount of money each month, called pension, usually from the government

pensionato

the manner in which a child is raised, including the care, guidance, and teaching provided by parents or guardians

educazione

a person whom one knows but is not a close friend

conoscenza

an instance of serious opposition between ideas, values, or interests

conflitto

someone who is the mother of a person's wife or husband

suocera

someone who is the father of a person's wife or husband

suocero

the person who is the brother of one's spouse

cognato

the person who is the sister of one's spouse

cognata

to take someone's child into one's family and become their legal parent

adottare

a blood relative who lived a long time ago, usually before one's grandparents

antenato

to officially cancel a marriage

annullare

the end of a relationship or an association

lasciato

(of a group of people) having a strong friendly relationship with shared interests

affiatato

someone who shares the same blood with a specific person who lived many years ago

discendente

the legal right to keep a thing or to take care of a person

custodia

a family consisting of two parents and their children, but not any other relatives

famiglia nucleare

a large family group consisting of parents and children that might also include grandparents, aunts, or uncles

famiglia allargata

a family in which the parents live with the children from their own relationship along with the children from previous ones

famiglia mista

a group of people belonging to a particular age group or time period partaking in a certain activity

generazione

someone who takes responsibility and raises someone else's child in Christian faith

padrino

to receive money, property, etc. from someone who has passed away

ereditare

the relationship between the members of a family

parentela

a child whose parents have died

orfano

someone who is married to either one of our parents but is not our real parent

patrigno e matrigna

a woman who has undergone a divorce, indicating that she was previously married but is now legally separated from her spouse

divorziato