Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /im.boˈskar.si/
  • Rhymes: -arsi
  • Hyphenation: im‧bo‧scàr‧si

Verb

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imboscàrsi (first-person singular present mi imbòsco, first-person singular past historic mi imboscài, past participle imboscàto)

  1. reflexive of imboscare
  2. to hide oneself in the woods
  3. (figurative, by extension, humorous) to isolate oneself; to be apart
    si imbosca con la sua ragazza mentre ceniamo
    he isolates himself with his girlfriend while we have dinner
  4. (by extension) to go into the forest (of a silkworm)
  5. to lie in wait
  6. to evade military service; to draft dodge
  7. (figurative, by extension) to evade an obligation, assignment, etc.
  8. (humorous, intransitive) to find an easy job or one with little importance [with in]
  9. (intransitive) to grow many leaves and branches (of a plant)

Conjugation

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