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to offend

in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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I. offendere [ofˈfɛndere] VB trans

1. offendere (ferire, urtare):

offendere persona:
to offend
offendere persona:
to hurt
offendere persona
to give offence to
non voleva offendere
she meant no offence
finirai per offenderla
you will end up upsetting her
dire qc per offendere
to intend sth as an insult
li ha offesi andandosene presto
he hurt them by leaving early

2. offendere REL:

offendere Dio, cielo
to trespass against

3. offendere fig:

offendere
to offend against
offendere giustizia, ragione, moralità, buon gusto
to go against
offendere sentimenti, pubblico
to outrage
offendere orecchio, occhi
to be an offence to
offendere sensibilità
to offend
offendere intelligenza
to be an affront to
offendere intelligenza
to hurt
offendere intelligenza
to wound
offendere amor proprio
to injure
offendere (ledere) onore
to undermine
offendere la vista edificio:
to offend the eye

4. offendere LAW:

offendere
to offend
offendere pudore
to outrage

5. offendere (lesionare):

offendere
to injure
offendere
to damage
offendere organo vitale
to wound

II. offendersi VB refl

1. offendersi:

offendersi
to get offended per: over
offendersi
to take offence per: at
offendersi facilmente, per un nonnulla
to take offence easily, to be quick to take offence
non ti offendere, ma …
no offence intended, but …

2. offendersi (insultarsi reciprocamente):

offendersi
to exchange insults

III. offendere [ofˈfɛndere]

la verità offende prov
nothing hurts like the truth
intenzionalmente offendere, ingannare
knowingly
English
English
Italian
Italian
miff
offendere
affront
offendere
offend against good taste
offendere
gross out
offendere
offend person: person
offendere
offend article, remark: person
offendere, ferire
to offend the eye building etc.:
offendere la vista
outrage feelings, morality
oltraggiare, offendere
outrage person, public
scandalizzare, offendere
pique
offendere
disoblige
essere scortese verso, offendere

in the PONS Dictionary

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English
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I. offendere <offendo, offesi, offeso> [of·ˈfɛn·de·re] VB trans

1. offendere fig (persona):

offendere
to offend

2. offendere (danneggiare):

offendere
to damage

II. offendere <offendo, offesi, offeso> [of·ˈfɛn·de·re] VB refl offendersi

1. offendere (risentirsi):

offendersi
to take offense

2. offendere (insultarsi):

offendersi
to insult each other
offendere mortalmente qu
to mortally offend sb
English
English
Italian
Italian
injure
offendere
to be an eyesore
offendere la vista
disoblige
offendere
pique
offendere
to cause offense (to sb)
offendere (qu)
offend
offendere
offend
offendere
don't be upset
non ti offendere
Presente
iooffendo
tuoffendi
lui/lei/Leioffende
noioffendiamo
voioffendete
lorooffendono
Imperfetto
iooffendevo
tuoffendevi
lui/lei/Leioffendeva
noioffendevamo
voioffendevate
lorooffendevano
Passato remoto
iooffesi
tuoffendesti
lui/lei/Leioffese
noioffendemmo
voioffendeste
lorooffesero
Futuro semplice
iooffenderò
tuoffenderai
lui/lei/Leioffenderà
noioffenderemo
voioffenderete
lorooffenderanno
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

offendere mortalmente qu
to mortally offend sb

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Gaarder si è difeso dalle accuse di antisemitismo, e ha cercato di chiarire che lui non voleva offendere nessuno.
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Quest'ultimo, poi, prende il frasario per far capire all'ungherese quanto deve pagare, ma l'ungherese si offende e gli tira un pugno.
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Per diffamazione, in diritto, si intende una condotta mirante ad offendere e/o screditare la reputazione di una persona.
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Quando si offendeva uno di tali nobili, la multa era maggiore che per un'offesa arrecata ad un uomo qualunque.
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Usò nomi femminili, i nomi dei politici che l'avevano offeso, e nomi della storia e della mitologia.
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