mortificare

mortify

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mortificare v.tr.

1 (umiliare) to mortify, to humiliate: la sua risposta mi mortificò, his reply humiliated me (o I was mortified by his reply); mortificare i sentimenti di qlcu., to wound (o to mortify) s.o.'s feelings; mortificare qlcu. con un'osservazione, to humiliate (o to mortify) s.o. with a scathing remark

2 (reprimere) to mortify: mortificare la carne, to mortify the flesh; mortificare le proprie passioni, to mortify one's passions

3 (svilire) to demolish, to destroy: mortificare una poesia con una brutta interpretazione, to demolish a poem with a bad interpretation

4 (med.) to mortify.

◘ mortificarsi v.rifl. to mortify oneself: il sacerdote ci esortò a mortificarci durante la quaresima, the priest exhorted us to mortify ourselves during Lent

◆ v.intr.pron. (sentirsi umiliato) to feel* mortified, to feel* humiliated: al minimo rimprovero si mortifica, at the slightest reproof she feels mortified.

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[mortifi'kare]

1. vt

to mortify

2. vr (mortificarsi)

Rel to mortify o.s.

3. vip (mortificarsi)

(vergognarsi, spiacersi) to feel mortified

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[mortifi'kare] 1.

verbo transitivo

1) (umiliare) to mortify, to humiliate

2) relig. to mortify [carne, corpo]

2.

verbo pronominale mortificarsi relig. to mortify oneself

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mortificare

/mortifi'kare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

 1 (umiliare) to mortify, to humiliate

 2 relig. to mortify [carne, corpo]

II mortificarsi verbo pronominale

 relig. to mortify oneself.