inferocire

Italian

Etymology

From in- + feroce + -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.fe.roˈt͡ʃi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧fe‧ro‧cì‧re

Verb

inferocìre (first-person singular present inferocìsco, first-person singular past historic inferocìi, past participle inferocìto, auxiliary (transitive, also intransitive in the meaning "to commit a ferocious act") avére or (intransitive in the meaning "to become ferocious, to get enraged) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to make (an animal) ferocious
  2. (transitive) to enrage
  3. (intransitive) to become ferocious [auxiliary essere]
  4. (intransitive) to get enraged [auxiliary essere]
  5. (intransitive) to commit a ferocious act [+ su (someone or something) = on] [auxiliary avere]
    ha inferocito su un gatto indifesohe took it out on a defenseless cat (literally, “he committed a ferocious act on a defenseless cat”)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • inferocire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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