Italian edit

Etymology edit

From in- +‎ carogna +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /in.ka.roɲˈɲi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧ca‧ro‧gnì‧re

Verb edit

incarognìre (first-person singular present incarognìsco, first-person singular past historic incarognìi, past participle incarognìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to become worthless, to become a good-for-nothing (of working animals and people) [auxiliary essere]
  2. (intransitive, derogatory) to become vile, to become a scoundrel (of people) [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive) to make (someone) become worthless or good-for-nothing
  4. (transitive, derogatory) to make (someone) become vile or a scoundrel
  5. (transitive, uncommon) to anger, to annoy, to irritate

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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