inferocire
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]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)
- (transitive) to make (an animal) ferocious
- (transitive) to enrage
- (intransitive) to become ferocious [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive) to get enraged [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive) to commit a ferocious act [with su ‘on someone or something’] [auxiliary avere]
- ha inferocito su un gatto indifeso ― he took it out on a defenseless cat (literally, “he committed a ferocious act on a defenseless cat”)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of inferocìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive, also intransitive in the meaning "to commit a ferocious act".
2Intransitive in the meaning "to become ferocious, to get enraged.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- inferocire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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