impazzire
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From im- + pazzo (“crazy, mad”) + -ire.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
impazzìre (first-person singular present impazzìsco, first-person singular past historic impazzìi, past participle impazzìto, auxiliary èssere)
- (intransitive) to go mad, to go crazy
- Synonym: ammattire
- (intransitive, cooking) to curdle (usually of mayonnaise)
- (intransitive, figurative) to let loose (e.g. of a festival such as Carnival)
- (intransitive, figurative) to go haywire (of tools, devices, mechanisms, etc.)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of impazzìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- impazzire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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- Italian 4-syllable words
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- Italian verbs ending in -ire
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