abbrutire

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Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ bruto +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab.bruˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bru‧tì‧re

Verb

abbrutìre (first-person singular present abbrutìsco, first-person singular past historic abbrutìi, past participle abbrutìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to brutalize
  2. (transitive) to exhaust; to degrade; to stultify
  3. (intransitive) to be brutalized, to become brutish [with in ‘due to’] [auxiliary essere]

Usage notes

  • Do not confuse with abbruttire (to make ugly, to deface), from brutto (ugly).

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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