impietrire
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]impietrìre (first-person singular present impietrìsco, first-person singular past historic impietrìi, past participle impietrìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive, also figurative) to petrify
- (transitive, figurative) to numb, to harden (e.g. one's heart)
- (intransitive) to turn to stone [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, figurative) to become stunned [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, figurative) to become numb [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of impietrìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Further reading
[edit]- impietrire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana