Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /im.punˈtar.si/
  • Rhymes: -arsi
  • Hyphenation: im‧pun‧tàr‧si

Verb

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impuntàrsi (first-person singular present mi impùnto, first-person singular past historic mi impuntài, past participle impuntàto)

  1. reflexive of impuntare
  2. to stumble or trip [with in or contro ‘on’]
  3. (figurative, by extension) to stammer or stutter; to trip on one's words
  4. to jib (of a horse, etc.)
  5. (figurative, by extension) to dig one's heels in; to insist [with in or su or a (+ infinitive)]
    s'è impuntato ad andare a scuola
    he insists on going to school

Conjugation

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