appesantire

Italian

Etymology

From a- + pesante (heavy) + -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ap.pe.zanˈti.re/, (traditional) /ap.pe.sanˈti.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ap‧pe‧san‧tì‧re

Verb

appesantìre (first-person singular present appesantìsco, first-person singular past historic appesantìi, past participle appesantìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to make heavy, to weigh down
    Synonyms: caricare, sovraccaricare, rendere pesante
    appesantire uno zaino con i libri
    to make a backpack heavy with books
  2. (transitive, figurative) to aggravate, to make harder, to weigh down
    Synonyms: opprimere, gravare
    troppi aggettivi appesantiscono lo stile
    too many adjectives make the (writing) style feel heavy
    non appesantirmi il lavoro con le tue sollecitazioni
    don't make by job harder with your solicitations
  3. (transitive, figurative) to make torpid, to make tumultuous
    Synonym: intorpidire
    è destinata ad appesantire il clima oramai da Guerra Fredda tra le due capitali
    it's destined to make more tumultuous the already Cold-War-like climate between the two capitals
  4. (intransitive) to become heavier [auxiliary essere]
  5. (intransitive) to get fat [auxiliary essere]
  6. (intransitive) to become lazy [auxiliary essere]
  7. (intransitive, figurative) to become difficult, to get harder [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. appesantire in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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

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