rimbecillire

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Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /rim.be.t͡ʃilˈli.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: rim‧be‧cil‧lì‧re

Verb[edit]

rimbecillìre (first-person singular present rimbecillìsco, first-person singular past historic rimbecillìi, past participle rimbecillìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (colloquial, intensive, derogatory, intransitive) to act foolish, to act like an imbecile [auxiliary essere]
    Synonym: imbecillire
  2. (rare, intransitive) to act foolish again, to act like an imbecile again [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive, literally) to make into an imbecile
  4. (transitive, often) to confuse, to bewilder, to stupefy
  5. (transitive) to fool, to bamboozle

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