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Italian
Etymology
From in- + feroce + -ire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.fe.roˈt͡ʃi.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: in‧fe‧ro‧cì‧re
Verb
inferocìre (first-person singular present inferocìsco, first-person singular past historic inferocìi, past participle inferocìto, auxiliary (transitive, also intransitive in the meaning "to commit a ferocious act") avére or (intransitive in the meaning "to become ferocious, to get enraged) èssere)
- (transitive) to make (an animal) ferocious
- (transitive) to enrage
- (intransitive) to become ferocious
- (intransitive) to get enraged
- (intransitive) to commit a ferocious act
- ha inferocito su un gatto indifeso ― he took it out on a defenseless cat (literally, “he committed a ferocious act on a defenseless cat”)
Conjugation
1Transitive, also intransitive in the meaning "to commit a ferocious act".
2Intransitive in the meaning "to become ferocious, to get enraged.
Further reading
- inferocire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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