Italian edit

Etymology edit

From im- +‎ perverso +‎ -are.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /im.per.verˈsa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: im‧per‧ver‧sà‧re

Verb edit

imperversàre (first-person singular present impervèrso, first-person singular past historic imperversài, past participle imperversàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to rage [auxiliary avere]
    1. to speak in heightened anger [+ su (someone) = against]
      Synonyms: infuriare, sfogarsi, infierire, scatenarsi, sfrenarsi, incrudelire, inferocire, sguinzagliarsi
      i nazisti imperversavano sulla popolazione civile con ripetute rappresaglie
      the Nazis raged against the civilian population with repeated reprisals
    2. (figurative, by extension) to move with great violence
      Synonyms: diffondersi, propagarsi, dominare, dilagare
      si è sempre contrario a indossare una mascherina durante la pandemia, che ha imperversato negli Stati Uniti da marzo
      he has always been opposed to wearing a mask during the pandemic, which has raged on in the United States since March
  2. (figurative, informal) to be all the rage [auxiliary avere]
    Synonyms: dilagare, impazzare
    imperversano i jeanjeans are all the rage

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • imperversare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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