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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.kaˈni.to/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Hyphenation: ac‧ca‧nì‧to
Adjective
accanito (feminine accanita, masculine plural accaniti, feminine plural accanite)
- fierce, keen, cutthroat
- Synonyms: implacabile, furioso, spietato, rabbioso, arrabbiato
- Antonym: mite
dopo accaniti sforzi- after fierce efforts
- fierce, assiduous, dogged (person)
- Synonyms: ostinato, pervicace, assiduo, tenace, caparbio, testardo, puntiglioso, incallito
- Antonyms: arrendevole, docile, remissivo
- un nemico accanito ― an assiduous enemy
- inveterate
- un fumatore accanito ― an inveterate smoker
- constant and loud (of noise or rain)
- Synonyms: assiduo, costante, insistente
Derived terms
Participle
accanito (feminine accanita, masculine plural accaniti, feminine plural accanite)
- past participle of accanire
Further reading
- accanito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
accanitō
- second/third-person singular future active imperative of accanō