Italian edit

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Etymology edit

From in- +‎ veleno +‎ -ire. Akin to English envenom, French envenimer, French envenenar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /in.ve.leˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧ve‧le‧nì‧re

Verb edit

invelenìre (first-person singular present invelenìsco, first-person singular past historic invelenìi, past participle invelenìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to embitter, to make resentful
  2. (transitive) to exacerbate, to aggravate (a situation)
  3. (intransitive) to become resentful or embittered [auxiliary essere]

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