Usage Note
Mordere is an irregular verb; its past participle is morso (not morsuto). It takes avere as its auxiliary. The noun il morso (bite, bit) comes from the same root. The idiom mordere il freno (to bite the bit) means to chafe at restrictions — a useful figurative extension.
Examples
"Il cane ha morso il postino."
Natural Translation
The dog bit the postman.
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