strapparsi

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strapˈpar.si/
  • Rhymes: -arsi
  • Hyphenation: strap‧pàr‧si

Verb

strappàrsi (first-person singular present mi stràppo, first-person singular past historic mi strappài, past participle strappàtosi)

  1. reflexive of strappare
  2. to tear; to rip; to tear out; to pull
    strapparsi i capellito tear out one's hair
  3. (by extension) to tear (injure as if by pulling apart) or be torn
  4. to tear up
    strapparsi la magliato tear up one's shirt
    mi si è strappata la magliamy shirt was torn
  5. to display great anger, desperation, etc.

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