alienare

to alienate

verb ah-lyeh-NAH-reh Rare

Origin: From Latin alienare (to make foreign), from alienus (belonging to another).

Also means

to transfer (property)

Usage Note

Alienare has a legal sense (to transfer ownership of property) and a psychological sense (to estrange or alienate someone). The reflexive alienarsi means to become estranged or, colloquially, to go a bit crazy. The adjective alienato can mean both 'estranged' and 'mentally disturbed' in older usage. Conjugates with avere.

Examples

"Quel comportamento l'ha alienato dagli amici."

Natural Translation

That behavior alienated him from his friends.

Literal Translation

That behavior him-has alienated from-the friends.

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