Meaning
to rail (against)
- to speak or shout violently and angrily against someone or something
In a sentence
L'uomo ha cominciato a inveire contro l'arbitro dopo il fischio finale.
The man started railing against the referee after the final whistle.
Non serve inveire contro la sfortuna se non cerchi di cambiare le cose.
There is no point railing against bad luck if you don't try to change things.
Perché inveisce sempre contro i suoi colleghi senza motivo?
Why does he always lash out at his colleagues for no reason?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| inveire | infinitive |
| inveisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| inveisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inveisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inveiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| inveite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inveiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inveivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| inveivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| inveiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| inveivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| inveivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| inveivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| inveii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| inveisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| inveì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| inveimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| inveiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| inveirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| inveirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| inveirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| inveirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| inveiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| inveirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| inveiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| inveisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| inveisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inveisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inveiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| inveiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inveiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inveissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| inveissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| inveisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| inveissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| inveiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| inveissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| inveirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| inveiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| inveirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| inveiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| inveireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| inveirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| inveisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| inveiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| inveite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| inveendo | gerund |
| inveito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Almost always followed by the preposition contro (e.g. inveire contro qualcuno).