imperversare
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]imperversàre (first-person singular present impervèrso, first-person singular past historic imperversài, past participle imperversàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)
- to rage [auxiliary avere]
- to speak in heightened anger [with su ‘against someone’]
- Synonyms: infuriare, sfogarsi, infierire, scatenarsi, sfrenarsi, incrudelire, inferocire, sguinzagliarsi
- i nazisti imperversavano sulla popolazione civile con ripetute rappresaglie
- the Nazis raged against the civilian population with repeated reprisals
- (figurative, by extension) to move with great violence
- Synonyms: diffondersi, propagarsi, dominare, dilagare
- si è sempre contrario a indossare una mascherina durante la pandemia, che ha imperversato negli Stati Uniti da marzo
- he has always been opposed to wearing a mask during the pandemic, which has raged on in the United States since March
- to speak in heightened anger [with su ‘against someone’]
- (figurative, informal) to be all the rage [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of imperversàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Further reading
[edit]- imperversare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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