dimenarsi

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.meˈnar.si/
  • Rhymes: -arsi
  • Hyphenation: di‧me‧nàr‧si

Verb

dimenàrsi (first-person singular present mi diméno, first-person singular past historic mi dimenài, past participle dimenàto) (intransitive)

  1. reflexive of dimenare
  2. to shake oneself forcefully; squirm; to writhe
    Synonyms: contorcersi, dibattersi, agitarsi, divincolarsi
    • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
      Adesso si dimenava sul pavimento, boccheggiando.
      She was thrashing about on the floor, fighting for breath.
      (literally, “She was squirming on the floor, panting.”)

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