ribattere

Italian

Etymology

From ri- + battere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riˈbat.te.re/
  • Rhymes: -attere
  • Hyphenation: ri‧bàt‧te‧re

Verb

ribàttere (first-person singular present ribàtto, first-person singular past historic ribattéi, past participle ribattùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to beat again
  2. (transitive) to hit back (a tennis ball, soccer ball, etc.)
  3. (transitive) to retype
  4. (intransitive) to answer back, to talk back, to reply, to retort [auxiliary avere]

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Further reading

  • ribattere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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