impossessarsi
Italian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im.pos.sesˈsar.si/
- Rhymes: -arsi
- Hyphenation: im‧pos‧ses‧sàr‧si
Verb
impossessàrsi (first-person singular present mi impossèsso, first-person singular past historic mi impossessài, past participle impossessàto) (intransitive)
- to seize, to take possession [+ di (something) = of]
- Synonym: impadronirsi (more common)
- (uncommon) to kidnap [+ di (someone)]
- (figurative) to take hold of, to possess [+ di (someone or their soul)] (of a vice, passion, etc.)
- (figurative) to master [+ di (a subject)]
- Synonym: impadronirsi (more common)
Conjugation
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