dimenarsi
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[edit]dimenàrsi (first-person singular present mi diméno, first-person singular past historic mi dimenài, past participle dimenàto) (intransitive)
- reflexive of dimenare
- to shake oneself forcefully; squirm; to writhe
- Synonyms: contorcersi, dibattersi, agitarsi, divincolarsi
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
- Adesso si dimenava sul pavimento, boccheggiando.
- She was thrashing about on the floor, fighting for breath.
- (literally, “She was squirming on the floor, panting.”)