amareggiare

Italian

Etymology

From amaro (bitter) + -eggiare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ma.redˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: a‧ma‧reg‧già‧re

Verb

amareggiàre (first-person singular present amaréggio, first-person singular past historic amareggiài, past participle amareggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, figurative) to embitter, to make bitter
    Synonyms: affligere, addolorare; see also Thesaurus:rattristare
    • 1946, Ernest Hemingway, translated by Giuseppe Trevisani, Fiesta [The Sun Also Rises], Einaudi:
      Cohn era un ragazzo per bene, un ragazzo socievole e molto timido, e la cosa lo amareggiava.
      He was a nice boy, a friendly boy, and very shy, and it made him bitter.
      (literally, “Cohn was a respectable boy, a sociable and very shy boy, and it embittered him.”)

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