rimbambire
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From rin- + bambino (“child”) + -ire.
Verb
[edit]rimbambìre (first-person singular present rimbambìsco, first-person singular past historic rimbambìi, past participle rimbambìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére) (derogatory)
- (intransitive) to become senile (as a result of old age or illness) [auxiliary essere]
- Synonym: rincretinire
- (intransitive, figurative) to lose common sense, to become foolish, to lose one's head (especially due to love) [auxiliary essere]
- da quando è innamorato è rimbambito
- since he fell in love, he has lost his head
- (transitive) to make senile
- la vecchiaia l'ha rimbambito
- old age made him senile
- (transitive) to make (someone) lose common sense, to make (someone) become foolish
- (transitive) to confuse
- mi ha rimbambito con le sue lezioni moraleggianti
- he confused me with his preachy lecturing
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of rimbambìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Intransitive.
2Transitive.
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Italian terms prefixed with rin-
- Italian terms suffixed with -ire
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -ire
- Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian derogatory terms
- Italian intransitive verbs
- Italian terms with usage examples
- Italian transitive verbs