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Italian
Etymology
From im- + brutto (“ugly”) + -ire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im.brutˈti.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: im‧brut‧tì‧re
Verb
imbruttìre (first-person singular present imbruttìsco, first-person singular past historic imbruttìi, past participle imbruttìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to make ugly
- (transitive, Rome) to glare at (someone) askance (with a hostile or degrading look)
Che me sta' a 'mbruttì?- What are you looking at?
- (literally, “Are you glaring at me?”)
- (intransitive) to become ugly
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Further reading
- imbruttire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana