wreak

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.
2. (archaic) To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.
3. (archaic) To inflict or take vengeance on.
4. (archaic) To take vengeance for.
5. (alt-of, intransitive, misspelling) Misspelling of reek.

Noun

1. (archaic, literary) Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
2. (archaic, literary) Punishment; retribution; payback.

Concetti

causare

sfogare

discutere

fare

portare

prendere

rappresaglia

ritorsione

spingere

vendetta

contrappasso

intrattenersi

rivalsa

rivincita

afferrare

taglione

avere

sinonimi

inflict

cause

give rise to

play

pose

bring

provoke

do

result in

cause to take place

make for

work

stage

hold

organize

fix

force

generate

get

give

have

implement

impose

induce

manufacture

move

necessitate

output

pall

pay

💸

perform

perpetrate

persuade

procure

produce

provide

purvey

put out

put through

realise

reprisal

retaliation

retribution

return

revenge

seize

set

settle

set up

supply

Traduzioni

verursachen

auslassen

aanrichten

provocar

causar

déterminer

stichten

teweegbrengen

veranlassen

bewirken

aandoen

zufügen

ξεθυμαίνω

causer

antun

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɹiːk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: wreken

Ereditato da inglese antico: wrecan

Affine olandese: wreken

Affine tedesco: rächen

Affine svedese: vräka

Affine latino: urgeō

Affine inglese: urge

Affine inglese: wreck

Ereditato da inglese medio: wreke

Affine olandese: wraak

In summary

From Middle English wreken, from Old English wrecan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“push, shove, drive, track down”). Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Dutch wreken, German rächen, Swedish vräka; cognate via PIE with Latin urgēre (English urge), and distantly cognate with English wreck.