scatenarsi
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ska.teˈnar.si/
- Rhymes: -arsi
- Hyphenation: sca‧te‧nàr‧si
Verb
scatenàrsi (first-person singular present mi scaténo, first-person singular past historic mi scatenài, past participle scatenàto)
- reflexive of scatenare
- to break (of a storm, etc.)
- to break out (of a revolt, etc.)
- la folla si scatena
- the crowd is breaking out (in violence)
- i manifestanti si scatenano contro la polizia
- the protesters are raging against the police
- to get enthusiastic or excited
- quando parlo di sport, si scatena
- when I speak of sports, he gets excited
- (sports) to show skill and ability to the utmost
- il centrattacco si scatena e segna sei gol
- the center forward is showing his skill by scoring six goals
- (informal) to go wild
- le ragazze si scatenano
- the girls are going wild
- to unleash (the imagination, etc.)
- quando legge, l'immaginazione si scatena
- when he reads, his imagination is unleashed (lit. unleashes itself)
- to flare up (of an emotion, etc.)
- l'ira del prigionero si è scatenata contro la guardia
- the prisoner's anger flared up against the guard
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