appesantire
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom a- + pesante (“heavy”) + -ire.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ap.pe.zanˈti.re/, (traditional) /ap.pe.sanˈti.re/[1]
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: ap‧pe‧san‧tì‧re
Verb
editappesantìre (first-person singular present appesantìsco, first-person singular past historic appesantìi, past participle appesantìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to make heavy, to weigh down
- Synonyms: caricare, sovraccaricare, rendere pesante
- appesantire uno zaino con i libri
- to make a backpack heavy with books
- (transitive, figurative) to aggravate, to make harder, to weigh down
- (transitive, figurative) to make torpid, to make tumultuous
- Synonym: intorpidire
- è destinata ad appesantire il clima oramai da Guerra Fredda tra le due capitali
- it's destined to make more tumultuous the already Cold-War-like climate between the two capitals
- (intransitive) to become heavier [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive) to get fat [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive) to become lazy [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, figurative) to become difficult, to get harder [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of appesantìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ appesantire in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
edit- appesantire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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