accanirsi
Italian
Etymology
From a- + cane (“dog”) + -ire + -si.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.kaˈnir.si/
- Rhymes: -irsi
- Hyphenation: ac‧ca‧nìr‧si
Verb
accanìrsi (first-person singular present mi accanìsco, first-person singular past historic mi accanìi, past participle accanìtosi)
- (intransitive) to rage [with su or con or contro ‘against someone/something’; or with a (+ infinitive) ‘against (doing something)’]
- i teppisti si accanivano contro il malcapitato
- the thugs were raging against the poor person
- (intransitive) to persist [with in ‘in something’ or a (+ infinitive) ‘in (doing something)’]
- accanirsi nello studio ― to persist in studying
- la sfortuna si accanisce a perseguitarlo
- misfortune continues to haunt him
- (literally, “misfortune persists in following him”)