imbruttire

Italian

Etymology

From im- + brutto (ugly) + -ire.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

imbruttìre (first-person singular present imbruttìsco, first-person singular past historic imbruttìi, past participle imbruttìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to make ugly [auxiliary avere]
  2. (transitive, Rome) to glare at (someone) askance (with a hostile or degrading look) [auxiliary avere]
    Che me sta' a 'mbruttì?
    What are you looking at?
    (literally, “Are you glaring at me?”)
    classic line to start a fight
  3. (intransitive) to become ugly [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

Further reading

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