ripiegare

Italian

Etymology

From ri- + piegare, cf. also Latin replicō, replicāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ri.pjeˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧pie‧gà‧re

Verb

ripiegàre (first-person singular present ripiègo or ripiégo[1], first-person singular past historic ripiegài, past participle ripiegàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to fold (again)
  2. (transitive) to fold up
  3. (transitive) to lower (the head)
  4. (intransitive, military) to retreat, to fall back [auxiliary avere]
  5. (intransitive, figurative) to fall back [+ su (object) = on] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

References

  1. ripiego in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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