English-Italian translations for passion

• entusiasmo
  Mi ha risposto con un entusiasmo e addirittura una passione che mi sono parsi straordinari. He replied enthusiastically and even with a degree of passion which struck me as extraordinary.
  Erasmus Mundus è un programma da sostenere con entusiasmo. The Erasmus Mundus Programme can only be passionately supported.
  Desidero infine ringraziare la relatrice, che è stata splendida, piena di passione, di entusiasmo e di competenza. Lastly, I would like to thank the rapporteur, who was magnificent: highly passionate, enthusiastic and competent.
• passione
  La ragione senza la passione è sterile, la passione senza la ragione è delirio. Reason without passion is sterile, passion without reason is heat.
  Per molti, questo lavoro non è solo una passione - è ciò di cui vivono. For many the work is not just a passion - it is a livelihood.
  L'antisemitismo è la sua passione, il negazionismo il suo delirio. Anti-Semitism is his passion, denial of the Holocaust his joy.

Definition of passion

• Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic#Adjective|romantic love#Noun|love or extreme hate#Noun|hate
• Fervor, determination
• Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional
• The suffering#Noun|suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion
• A display#Noun|display, musical composition, or play#Noun|play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus
• The state#Noun|state of being act#Verb|acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence#Noun|influence; a passive condition#Noun|condition
• The capacity of being affect#Verb|affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents
• An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing
• Disorder of the mind#Noun|mind; madness
• To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated
• To give a passionate character to

Examples

• We share a passion for books
• It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion
• We shared a night of passion
• a cardiac passion
• [...] to obtain the knowledge of some passion of the circle

Related words

• compassionate
• compassion
• passionate
• compassionately
• impassioned
• passionately
• passional
• passionfruit
• dispassionate