Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin horripilāre (to bristle with hair), derived from Classical Latin horreō (to stand erect) + pilus (hair).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /or.ri.piˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: or‧ri‧pi‧là‧re

Verb

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  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

orripilàre (first-person singular present orrìpilo, first-person singular past historic orripilài, past participle orripilàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to be horrified
    Synonyms: inorridire, (archaic, rare) orrire
  2. (transitive) to horrify
    Synonyms: atterrire, terrificare

Usage notes

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  • The verb takes essere as the auxiliary in its intransitive meaning, and avere in its transitive one.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • orripilare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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