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Lei mi rinfaccia sempre quel litigio.

Lei mi rinfaccia sempre quel litigio.
She always brings up that argument to me.
From Lesson 450:Being angry with someone (avercela)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Lei mi rinfaccia sempre quel litigio.

What is the literal meaning of rinfacciare?
Rinfacciare comes from the word faccia (face). Literally, it means "to throw something in someone's face." While it translates here as "brings up," it always carries a negative, accusatory tone, much like "to hold something against someone" or "to reproach" in English.
Why is the indirect object pronoun mi used here?
The verb rinfacciare uses the structure rinfacciare qualcosa a qualcuno (to throw something in someone's face). The direct object is the thing being brought up (quel litigio), and the indirect object is the person receiving the reproach (a me, which becomes the unstressed pronoun mi).
Since this lesson is about avercela (to be upset with someone), how could we use it to describe this situation?
If she keeps bringing up the argument, it means she is holding a grudge. You could use avercela to express the underlying feeling by saying: Lei ce l'ha ancora con me per quel litigio (She is still angry with me over that argument).
Just a quick refresher: why is it quel litigio instead of quello litigio?
Demonstrative adjectives for "that" follow the exact same pattern as definite articles. Because the masculine singular noun litigio takes the article il (il litigio), the adjective quello drops the "-lo" to match, becoming quel (quel litigio).

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