Word
Si comportano come bambini, fanno costantemente dispetti.
Meaning
They behave like children, they constantly do spiteful things.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Si comportano come bambini, fanno costantemente dispetti.
il bambino
the child
fare
to do / to make
come
as (in comparisons)
comportarsi
to behave
Questions & Answers about Si comportano come bambini, fanno costantemente dispetti.
This lesson is about the verb avercela. How could I say "I'm mad at them because..." before this sentence?
You would say Ce l'ho con loro perché... The pronominal verb avercela (to have it out for / to be angry with) is always followed by the preposition con when indicating the person you are mad at.
Is fare dispetti the only way to translate "doing spiteful things"?
Why is there no article before bambini? Could I say "come i bambini"?
You leave out the article here because come bambini acts almost like an adjective describing the quality of their behavior—they are acting "childishly." While come i bambini isn't strictly wrong, omitting the article is the standard, idiomatic way to make this comparison.
Why is the adverb costantemente placed between the verb and the noun?
In Italian, adverbs of frequency and manner (like costantemente, sempre, or spesso) very commonly sit right between the conjugated verb (fanno) and the direct object (dispetti). You could put it at the end, but right after the verb is the most natural word order.