Word Holder
For Italian readers · learners of Italian

Every Italian word looked up. Kept. Remembered.

The dictionary that remembers your Italian words for you — a flashcard deck that builds itself from whatever you read.

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Here's what happens after you look up a word:

For example, invaghito:

How Word Holder works with invaghito:

  1. Look up invaghito and see the definition: Fortemente attratto da qualcuno; preso da un’infatuazione: infatuated, smitten, taken with
  2. Word Holder saves invaghito automatically in your words list.
  3. A review card comes due later with the cue “infatuated; smitten”, so you can recall the word and rate how well you knew it.
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Looking up a word is easy. Remembering it later is the problem.

Dictionaries explain a word once, then it's gone. Browser translators don't build a vocabulary history. Manual flashcards interrupt your reading. Word Holder keeps the words you naturally encounter so they're still there a week later.

From reading to review, automatically

  1. Read an Italian book, article, or webpage.
  2. Look up an unfamiliar word on the website.
  3. The word is saved automatically with its meaning and an example sentence.
  4. Come back the next day to review only the words you actually met.

Reviews are scheduled by an SM-2-based scheduler — the same family that powered Anki — so each word comes back right before you forget it. Coming from Anki? See how Word Holder compares.

Useful for

Any reading where new Italian words show up.

Italian novels

Catch the literary words that authors use once and never again.

Online articles

Save unfamiliar terms from news, essays, and long-form writing.

Work & study reading

Build a vocabulary from the texts you already read for school or work.

Academic & professional

Capture the precise vocabulary your field needs — without curating decks.

Not another flashcard deck

  • Every lookup becomes a flashcard automatically — no decks to build.
  • Vocabulary comes from real reading, not generic word lists.
  • You only review words you actually needed in context.
  • Unlimited reviews and quizzes — we don't ration your studying.
  • Designed for people who already read Italian, not beginners.

Common Italian words to know

A sample from our curated Italian vocabulary — each word has a full definition page with examples.

Browse all curated Italian words →Italian irregular verb conjugations →

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