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Italian
Etymology
From im- + perverso + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im.per.verˈsa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: im‧per‧ver‧sà‧re
Verb
imperversàre (first-person singular present impervèrso, first-person singular past historic imperversài, past participle imperversàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)
- to rage
- to speak in heightened anger
- Synonyms: infuriare, sfogarsi, infierire, scatenarsi, sfrenarsi, incrudelire, inferocire, sguinzagliarsi
i nazisti imperversavano sulla popolazione civile con ripetute rappresaglie- the Nazis raged against the civilian population with repeated reprisals
- (figurative, by extension) to move with great violence
- Synonyms: diffondersi, propagarsi, dominare, dilagare
si è sempre contrario a indossare una mascherina durante la pandemia, che ha imperversato negli Stati Uniti da marzo- he has always been opposed to wearing a mask during the pandemic, which has raged on in the United States since March
- (figurative, informal) to be all the rage
- Synonyms: dilagare, impazzare
- imperversano i jean ― jeans are all the rage
Conjugation
Further reading
- imperversare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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