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Italian
Etymology
From a- + bruto + -ire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.bruˈti.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: ab‧bru‧tì‧re
Verb
abbrutìre (first-person singular present abbrutìsco, first-person singular past historic abbrutìi, past participle abbrutìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to brutalize
- (transitive) to exhaust; to degrade; to stultify
- (intransitive) to be brutalized, to become brutish
Usage notes
- Do not confuse with abbruttire (“to make ugly, to deface”), from brutto (“ugly”).
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Further reading
- abbrutire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana