Meaning
to make mad, to get mad
- To annoy or anger someone; reflexively ('incavolarsi'), to lose one's temper or get mad.
In a sentence
Quando perde il treno per un minuto, Marco si incavola sempre tantissimo.
When he misses the train by one minute, Marco always gets very mad.
Non incavolarti per sciocchezze, risolveremo il problema insieme con calma.
Don't get mad over trivial things, we will solve the problem together calmly.
Quei continui ritardi nelle consegne fanno davvero incavolare i clienti del negozio.
Those ongoing delivery delays really make the shop's customers angry.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| incavolare | infinitive |
| incavolo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| incavoli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| incavola | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| incavoliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| incavolate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| incavolano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| incavolavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| incavolavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| incavolava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| incavolavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| incavolavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| incavolavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| incavolai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| incavolasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| incavolò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| incavolammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| incavolaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| incavolarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| incavolerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| incavolerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| incavolerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| incavoleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| incavolerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| incavoleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| incavoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| incavoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
Usage notes
- Informal: widely used as a milder, non-vulgar euphemism for 'incazzarsi'.
- Mainly heard in the reflexive form 'incavolarsi', conjugated with the auxiliary 'essere'.