inurbarsi

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Italian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From in- +‎ urbe +‎ -arsi.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /i.nurˈbar.si/
  • Rhymes: -arsi
  • Hyphenation: i‧nur‧bàr‧si

Verb

[edit]

inurbàrsi (first-person singular present mi inùrbo, first-person singular past historic mi inurbài, past participle inurbàto)

  1. (sociology) to move to an urban area
    • 2021 February, Luca Serianni, Le mille lingue di Roma, Castelvecchi, →ISBN, page 18:
      Roma è sempre più avvertita dal resto d'Italia come una città di persone rozze, di contadini inurbati.
      Rome is always more perceived by the rest of Italy as a city of rough people, of farmers who moved into the city.
  2. (figurative) to become more refined
  3. (archaic) to enter the city from a rural area

Conjugation

[edit]