arruffare

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ar.rufˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ar‧ruf‧fà‧re

Verb

arruffàre (first-person singular present arrùffo, first-person singular past historic arruffài, past participle arruffàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to ruffle, to tousle (the hair)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to mess up, to complicate (a matter)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to muddle, to confuse
  4. (transitive) to make (the hair) bristle (of an animal)
    arruffare il peloto bristle (of an animal or person); to get annoyed, irritated or angry (literally, “to make the hair bristle”)

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