frenzy

frenzy
['frenzɪ]
nome frenesia f., impeto m., parossismo m.

to drive [sb., sth.] into a frenzy — incitare [crowd]; fare diventare pazzo [person]

there was a frenzy of activity — c'era un'attività frenetica

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['frenzi]
plural - frenzies; noun
(a state of great excitement, fear etc: She waited in a frenzy of anxiety.) frenesia
- frenziedly
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frenzy /ˈfrɛnzɪ/
n. [cu]
1 frenesia; eccitazione frenetica; smania; impeto; trasporto: a frenzy of activity, un'attività frenetica; the frenzy of city life, la vita frenetica della città; in a frenzy, freneticamente; con frenesia; in a frenzy of excitement, trascinato dall'entusiasmo (o dall'eccitazione)
2 delirio; parossismo; raptus: in a frenzy of violence, in un raptus di violenza; in a frenzy of hatred, in un parossismo d'odio
● feeding frenzy, (di pesce) frenesia divoratrice □ to work oneself (up) into a frenzy, eccitarsi fino alla frenesia; dare in smanie.
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['frenzɪ]
nome frenesia f., impeto m., parossismo m.

to drive [sb., sth.] into a frenzy — incitare [crowd]; fare diventare pazzo [person]

there was a frenzy of activity — c'era un'attività frenetica


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