Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

batté alla rinfusa

English translation:

beat his wife out of control

Added to glossary by musicaclab68
Jan 13, 2011 23:40
13 yrs ago
Italian term

batté alla rinfusa

Homework / test Italian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature tale
...il marito prese un bastone ed accecato dall'ira batté alla rinfusa cercando di colpire la moglie a più non posso...
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Proposed translations

6 hrs
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beat his wife out of control

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8 hrs

frenziedly beat his wife

basically, he'd lost it
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10 hrs

beat her every possible way/at random

...il marito prese un bastone ed accecato dall'ira batté alla rinfusa cercando di colpire la moglie a più non posso...

...he took a stick and furiously beat her in every possible way.
or:
In a fit of rage, the man etc...

also: beat the crap out of her (depends on your context though...)
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1 day 10 hrs

wildly beating

"....took a stick and began wildly beating his wife..."
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