Meaning of amarigi | Babel Free
amaˈriɡiDefinitions
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to make bitter (in literal and figurative senses); to embitter transitive
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to become bitter (in literal and figurative senses) intransitive
Equivalents
Deutsch
verbittern
English
Embitter
Español
amargar
Suomi
katkeroittaa
Français
aigrir
Galego
picar
Português
amargar
Türkçe
ekşitmek
Examples
“Vilhelmo Lutermano (translator) La Transformiĝo (Die Verwandlung / The Metamorphosis) by Franz Kafka,”
Gregor was so exasperated (lit. embittered) when the cleaning woman started in again with her phrases that he turned on her, of course slowly and decrepitly, as if to attack. (Stanley Corngold translation, Norton, 1996)
“T. Pumpr (translator), “Malbona persono” by Karel Horký in Ĉeĥa kaj slovaka antologio, Part 1,”
It was only at the end of the meal that I realized my mistake and the food became bitter in my mouth.
“Sylvan Zaft, “Frostsezonaj Pekoj””
In the last years she became bitter, partly because of his endless complaining about [his] pseudo-profession and partly because of her envy toward her two sisters whose husbands had done extremely well for themselves
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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