avercela

avercela

Italian

Etymology

    From averci +‎ -la.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aˈver.t͡ʃe.la/
    • Rhymes: -ertʃela
    • Hyphenation: a‧vér‧ce‧la

    Verb

    avércela (pronominal, first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) ce la , first-person singular past historic ce la èbbi or ce la ébbi, past participle avùtocela, first-person singular future ce la avrò, first-person singular subjunctive ce la àbbia, second-person singular imperative àbbicela, auxiliary avére)

    1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: compound of the infinitive avere with ce (the conjunctive variant of ci) and la.
      non ce l'hai?don't you have it?
    2. (informal) to hold a grudge (against); to have it in (for) [with con ‘someone’]
      Alternative form: (archaic) averla
      Synonym: (chiefly in the negative) volerne
      Ce l'hanno con me, solo perché non gli ho dato retta.
      They are holding a grudge against me, just because I didn't listen to them.
      È inutile avercela con loro. Tu sai che hanno ragione.
      Holding a grudge against them is pointless. You know they're right.
    3. (informal) to be angry [with con ‘at someone’]
      Ti ho sentito urlare al telefono, prima. Con chi ce l'avevi?
      I heard you yelling at the phone earlier. Who were you mad at?

    Conjugation

    Further reading

    • avere2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana