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inviperire

to become furious

verb een-vee-peh-REE-reh Rare

Origin: From vipera (viper) — to become viper-like in anger.

Also means

to flare up in anger

Usage Note

Inviperire is mostly used reflexively — inviperirsi — for becoming as enraged as a viper. It conjugates like a regular -ire verb with the -isc- infix (mi inviperisco). It belongs to informal, colloquial registers.

Examples

"Si è inviperita per niente."

Natural Translation

She flew into a rage over nothing.

Literal Translation

Herself is enraged for nothing.

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