amarigi

Esperanto

Etymology

amara +‎ -igi.

Verb

amarigi (present amarigas, past amarigis, future amarigos, conditional amarigus, volitive amarigu)

  1. (transitive) to make bitter (in literal and figurative senses); to embitter
    • Vilhelmo Lutermano (translator) La Transformiĝo (Die Verwandlung / The Metamorphosis) by Franz Kafka,
      [...] kiam la servantino ree komencis per siaj diroj, Gregoro estis tiom amarigita, ke li, kvazaŭ atake, tamen malrapide kaj kaduke, sin turnis kontraŭ ŝi.
      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)
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