a morte
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “to death”. Compare French à mort.
Prepositional phrase edit
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, morte.
- condannare a morte ― to sentence to death
- so as to cause death
- sparare a morte qualcuno ― to shoot someone to death
- (idiomatic, hyperbolic) to death
- annoiato a morte ― bored to death
- spaventato a morte ― scared to death