accanirsi
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a- + cane (“dog”) + -ire + -si.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]accanìrsi (first-person singular present mi accanìsco, first-person singular past historic mi accanìi, past participle accanìto)
- (intransitive) to rage [with su or con or contro ‘against someone/something’; or with a (+ infinitive) ‘against (doing something)’]
- i teppisti si accanivano contro il malcapitato
- the thugs were raging against the poor person
- (intransitive) to persist [with in ‘in something’ or a (+ infinitive) ‘in (doing something)’]
- accanirsi nello studio ― to persist in studying
- la sfortuna si accanisce a perseguitarlo
- misfortune continues to haunt him
- (literally, “misfortune persists in following him”)
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- Italian terms prefixed with a-
- Italian terms suffixed with -ire
- Italian terms suffixed with -si
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/irsi
- Rhymes:Italian/irsi/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -ire
- Italian reflexive verbs
- Italian intransitive verbs
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