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Italian
Etymology
From in- + torpido (“torpid, sluggish”) + -ire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.tor.piˈdi.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: in‧tor‧pi‧dì‧re
Verb
intorpidìre (first-person singular present intorpidìsco, first-person singular past historic intorpidìi, past participle intorpidìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to numb, to make numb
- (transitive) to slow down, make sluggish
- (intransitive) to numb, to become numb
- (intransitive) to become slow or sluggish (especially of one's mind)
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms