incarognire

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Italian

Etymology

From in- +‎ carogna +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.ka.roɲˈɲi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧ca‧ro‧gnì‧re

Verb

incarognìre (first-person singular present incarognìsco, first-person singular past historic incarognìi, past participle incarognìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to become worthless, to become a good-for-nothing (of working animals and people)
  2. (intransitive, derogatory) to become vile, to become a scoundrel (of people)
  3. (transitive) to make (someone) become worthless or good-for-nothing
  4. (transitive, derogatory) to make (someone) become vile or a scoundrel
  5. (transitive, uncommon) to anger, to annoy, to irritate

Conjugation

Further reading

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