inferocire
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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 [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive) to get enraged [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive) to commit a ferocious act [+ su (someone or something) = on] [auxiliary avere]
- 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 edit
Conjugation of inferocìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive, also intransitive in the meaning "to commit a ferocious act".
2Intransitive in the meaning "to become ferocious, to get enraged.
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Further reading edit
- inferocire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana