appesantire

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Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ pesante (“heavy”) +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ap.pe.zanˈti.re/, (traditional) /ap.pe.sanˈti.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ap‧pe‧san‧tì‧re

Verb

appesantìre (first-person singular present appesantìsco, first-person singular past historic appesantìi, past participle appesantìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to make heavy, to weigh down
    Synonyms: caricare, sovraccaricare, rendere pesante
    appesantire uno zaino con i libri
    to make a backpack heavy with books
  2. (transitive, figurative) to aggravate, to make harder, to weigh down
    Synonyms: opprimere, gravare
    troppi aggettivi appesantiscono lo stile
    too many adjectives make the (writing) style feel heavy
    non appesantirmi il lavoro con le tue sollecitazioni
    don't make by job harder with your solicitations
  3. (transitive, figurative) to make torpid, to make tumultuous
    Synonym: intorpidire
    è destinata ad appesantire il clima oramai da Guerra Fredda tra le due capitali
    it's destined to make more tumultuous the already Cold-War-like climate between the two capitals
  4. (intransitive) to become heavier
  5. (intransitive) to get fat
  6. (intransitive) to become lazy
  7. (intransitive, figurative) to become difficult, to get harder

Conjugation

    Conjugation of appesantìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive appesantìre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund appesantèndo
present participle appesantènte past participle appesantìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present appesantìsco appesantìsci appesantìsce appesantiàmo appesantìte appesantìscono
imperfect appesantìvo appesantìvi appesantìva appesantivàmo appesantivàte appesantìvano
past historic appesantìi appesantìsti appesantì appesantìmmo appesantìste appesantìrono
future appesantirò appesantirài appesantirà appesantirémo appesantiréte appesantirànno
conditional appesantirèi appesantirésti appesantirèbbe, appesantirébbe appesantirémmo appesantiréste appesantirèbbero, appesantirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present appesantìsca appesantìsca appesantìsca appesantiàmo appesantiàte appesantìscano
imperfect appesantìssi appesantìssi appesantìsse appesantìssimo appesantìste appesantìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
appesantìsci appesantìsca appesantiàmo appesantìte appesantìscano
negative imperative non appesantìre non appesantìsca non appesantiàmo non appesantìte non appesantìscano

1Transitive.
2Intransitive.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ appesantire in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • appesantire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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