rivalersi
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ri.vaˈler.si/
- Rhymes: -ersi
- Hyphenation: ri‧va‧lér‧si
Verb
rivalérsi (first-person singular present mi rivàlgo, first-person singular past historic mi rivàlsi, past participle rivàlso, first-person singular future mi rivarrò)
- (intransitive) to make use again [+ di (object) = of]
- spero di rivalermi della tua stampante
- I hope to make use of your printer again
- (intransitive) to make up for or make good
- Synonym: rifarsi
- gli affari gli vanno male, ma spera di rivalersi giocando in borsa
- business is going bad for him, but he hopes to make up for that by investing in the stock market
- (intransitive) to take it out (on) or get even [+ su (object) = with]
- Synonyms: rifarsi, rendere la pariglia
- è così vigliacco che, appena si arrabia, se ne rivale sui più deboli
- he is so cowardly that, as soon as he gets angry, he takes it out on the weakest ones
- 2020 August 10, Antonello Guerrera, “McDonald's fa causa al suo ex amministratore delegato: "Ha nascosto le relazioni con le dipendenti" [McDonald's sues its former CEO: "He hid relationships with employees"]”, in la Repubblica:
- Per questo ora il colosso dei fast food vuole rivalersi nei confronti di Easterbrook.
- For this reason, the fast food giant now wants to get even with Easterbrook.
- (archaic) to get back on one's feet
Conjugation
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