bestemmiare
Meaning
- (transitive) to blaspheme
- (intransitive) to commit blasphemy
- (broadly, transitive) to curse
- (broadly, intransitive) to curse, to swear, to cuss
- (broadly, intransitive) to express erroneous judgments, to rant
- (broadly, transitive) to offend, to insult
- (broadly, intransitive) to get angry
- (figuratively, transitive) to butcher (a language)
- (figuratively, transitive) to revile
Concepts
Synonyms
dire parolacce
dire un’imprecazione
commettere un sacrilegio
dire bestemmie
smadonnà
spicca’
dire parolaccie
darsi al turpiloquio
Translations
fluchen
blasphémer
blasfemar
vloeken
küfretmek
شتم
praguejar
βρίζωFrequency
Hyphenated as
be‧stem‧mià‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bes.temˈmja.re/
Etymology
Blend of biastemmiare (archaic form) + bestia (“beast”). The former derives from Late Latin blastēmāre (variant of blasphēmāre). Doublet of blasfemare and biasimare. Compare Sicilian jastimijari, Romanian blestemare.
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