impennarsi
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im.penˈnar.si/
- Rhymes: -arsi
- Hyphenation: im‧pen‧nàr‧si
Verb
impennàrsi (first-person singular present mi impénno, first-person singular past historic mi impennài, past participle impennàto) (intransitive)
- reflexive of impennare
- (aeronautics) to climb
- (cycling, motorcycling) to pop a wheelie
- to rear up (especially of a horse)
- Synonyms: adombrarsi, ricalcitrare
- Antonyms: ammansirsi, quietarsi
- to bridle, flare up (in anger)
- Synonyms: adombrarsi, ricalcitrare; see also Thesaurus:arrabbiarsi
- to be thrown up rapidly
- la palla si è impennata
- the ball was thrown up
- (figurative, by extension) to increase sharply; to rise suddenly; to surge
- (figurative, by extension) to take up an elevated tone
- alla fine l'orazione s'impenna in una tirata moralistica
- at the end, the oration heightens toward a moralistic tirade
Conjugation
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