offendere

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offendere (vai alla coniugazione)

  1. recare un'offesa
    • Gli studenti offesero il professore
  2. (senso figurato) "prendere di mira" qualcuno
  3. (per estensione) usare un linguaggio volgare contro qualcuno
of | fèn | de | re

IPA: /ofˈfɛndere/

dal latino offendere,composto da ob- ossia "nella direzione di, verso, contro, di fronte a, in vista di" e -fendĕre cioè "urtare, colpire"; significa quindi "urtare contro"




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