impennarsi

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.penˈnar.si/
  • Rhymes: -arsi
  • Hyphenation: im‧pen‧nàr‧si

Verb

impennàrsi (first-person singular present mi impénno, first-person singular past historic mi impennài, past participle impennàto) (intransitive)

  1. reflexive of impennare
  2. (aeronautics) to climb
  3. (cycling, motorcycling) to pop a wheelie
  4. to rear up (especially of a horse)
    Synonyms: adombrarsi, ricalcitrare
    Antonyms: ammansirsi, quietarsi
  5. to bridle, flare up (in anger)
    Synonyms: adombrarsi, ricalcitrare; see also Thesaurus:arrabbiarsi
  6. to be thrown up rapidly
    la palla si è impennata
    the ball was thrown up
  7. (figurative, by extension) to increase sharply; to rise suddenly; to surge
  8. (figurative, by extension) to take up an elevated tone
    alla fine l'orazione s'impenna in una tirata moralistica
    at the end, the oration heightens toward a moralistic tirade

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