accusare

accuse

verb ahk-koo-ZAH-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'accusare'

Also means

feel

Usage Note

Accusare means to accuse, but it also surprisingly means to feel a physical symptom: accusare un dolore is 'to feel a pain'. The construction accusare qualcuno di names the charge, as in lo accusano di furto. It takes avere in compound tenses.

Examples

"Lo accusano di aver mentito."

Natural Translation

They accuse him of having lied.

Literal Translation

Him they-accuse of to-have lied.

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