inferocire

Italian

Etymology

From in- +‎ feroce +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.fe.roˈt͡ʃi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧fe‧ro‧cì‧re

Verb

inferocìre (first-person singular present inferocìsco, first-person singular past historic inferocìi, past participle inferocìto, auxiliary (transitive, also intransitive in the meaning "to commit a ferocious act") avére or (intransitive in the meaning "to become ferocious, to get enraged) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to make (an animal) ferocious
  2. (transitive) to enrage
  3. (intransitive) to become ferocious [auxiliary essere]
  4. (intransitive) to get enraged [auxiliary essere]
  5. (intransitive) to commit a ferocious act [with su ‘on someone or something’] [auxiliary avere]
    ha inferocito su un gatto indifeso ― he took it out on a defenseless cat (literally, “he committed a ferocious act on a defenseless cat”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inferocìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive inferocìre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund inferocèndo
present participle inferocènte past participle inferocìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present inferocìsco inferocìsci inferocìsce inferociàmo inferocìte inferocìscono
imperfect inferocìvo inferocìvi inferocìva inferocivàmo inferocivàte inferocìvano
past historic inferocìi inferocìsti inferocì inferocìmmo inferocìste inferocìrono
future inferocirò inferocirài inferocirà inferocirémo inferociréte inferocirànno
conditional inferocirèi inferocirésti inferocirèbbe, inferocirébbe inferocirémmo inferociréste inferocirèbbero, inferocirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present inferocìsca inferocìsca inferocìsca inferociàmo inferociàte inferocìscano
imperfect inferocìssi inferocìssi inferocìsse inferocìssimo inferocìste inferocìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
inferocìsci inferocìsca inferociàmo inferocìte inferocìscano
negative imperative non inferocìre non inferocìsca non inferociàmo non inferocìte non inferocìscano

1Transitive, also intransitive in the meaning "to commit a ferocious act".
2Intransitive in the meaning "to become ferocious, to get enraged.

Further reading

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

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