Prepotente
ADJECTIVE
Meaning and English translation 🔖
1. Overbearing, domineering
🇬🇧 Someone who always wants to be in charge and impose their will on others.
🇮🇹 Persona che vuole sempre comandare e imporre la sua volontà sugli altri.
2. Overwhelming, irresistible
🇬🇧 A feeling or desire that is very strong and cannot be controlled.
🇮🇹 Un sentimento o desiderio molto forte che non si può controllare.
| Masculine ♂️ | Feminine ♀️ | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Prepotente | Prepotente |
| Plural | Prepotenti | Prepotenti |
Example sentences 💬
Quella bambina è molto prepotente con i suoi compagni.
That child is very bossy with her classmates.
Non sopporto le persone prepotenti che vogliono sempre decidere tutto.
I can't stand overbearing people who always want to make all the decisions.
Ha uno stile di guida prepotente, taglia la strada a tutti.
He has an aggressive driving style, cutting everyone off.
Mi ha colto all'improvviso un prepotente bisogno di dormire.
An overwhelming need to sleep suddenly came over me.
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Idioms with prepotente 🇮🇹
Fare il prepotente
→ To act like a bully
Non fare la prepotente con tua sorella solo perché sei più grande.
Don't bully your sister just because you're older.
In modo prepotente
→ In an overbearing manner
Si è imposto in modo prepotente, ignorando le opinioni degli altri.
He imposed himself in an overbearing manner, ignoring others' opinions.
Di prepotenza
→ By force, forcefully
È entrato di prepotenza nella discussione senza essere invitato.
He barged into the discussion without being invited.
Nota: prepotenza is the noun.
Prepotentemente
→ Forcefully, aggressively
Il tema della guerra è entrato prepotentemente nel dibattito politico.
The topic of war has forcefully entered the political debate.
Nota: prepotentemente is the adverb.
Imporsi prepotentemente
→ To assert oneself forcefully
La sua personalità si è imposta prepotentemente nel gruppo.
Her personality asserted itself forcefully within the group.
Where does the word prepotente come from? 🔎
Prepotente comes from the Latin praepŏtens-entis, composed of the prefix prae- (pre-) and potens (powerful). Initially, in Latin and Old Italian, the term had a more neutral meaning of "very powerful" or "endowed with great strength," without the negative connotation it has acquired in modern usage. Over time, the meaning shifted toward the idea of someone who abuses their power or strength to impose themselves on others.
