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imbruttire

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Italian

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Etymology

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Fromim-+‎brutto(ugly)+‎-ire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/im.brutˈti.re/
  • Rhymes:-ire
  • Hyphenation:im‧brut‧tì‧re

Verb

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imbruttìre(first-person singular presentimbruttìsco,first-person singular past historicimbruttìi,past participleimbruttìto,auxiliary(transitive)avéreor(intransitive)èssere)

  1. (transitive)to makeugly[auxiliaryavere]
  2. (transitive,Rome)toglareat (someone)askance(with ahostileordegradinglook)[auxiliaryavere]
    Che me sta' a'mbruttì?
    What are you looking at?
    (literally, “Are youglaringat me?”)
    classic line to start a fight
  3. (intransitive)to become ugly [auxiliaryessere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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