accanirsi
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.kaˈnir.si/
- Rhymes: -irsi
- Hyphenation: ac‧ca‧nìr‧si
Verb
accanìrsi (first-person singular present mi accanìsco, first-person singular past historic mi accanìi, past participle accanìto)
- (intransitive) to rage [+ su (object) = against] or [+ con (object) = against] or [+ contro (object) = against] or [+ a (infinitive) = against (doing something)]
- i teppisti si accanivano contro il malcapitato
- the thugs were raging against the poor person
- (intransitive) to persist [+ in (object) = in] or [+ a (infinitive) = in (doing something)]
- accanirsi nello studio ― to persist in studying
- la sfortuna si accanisce a perseguitarlo
- misfortune continues to haunt him
- (literally, “misfortune persists in following him”)
Conjugation
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