rivolare

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ri.voˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧vo‧là‧re

Etymology 1

From ri- + volare. First attested in 1313, but in common usage only as of 1319.

Verb

rivolàre (first-person singular present rivólo, first-person singular past historic rivolài, past participle rivolàto, auxiliary èssere or avére) (intransitive)

  1. to fly again [auxiliary essere or avere]
  2. to fly back [auxiliary essere or avere]
  3. (by extension) to rush back [auxiliary essere]
  4. (figurative) to think back [+ a (a past event) = to] [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation

Further reading

  • rivolare in internazionale.it – Dizionario Italiano di Internazionale – Il Nuovo di Mauro
  • rivolare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

From rivolo + -are. First attested before 1963.

Verb

rivolàre (first-person singular present rìvolo, first-person singular past historic rivolài, past participle rivolàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére) (intransitive, rare)

  1. (intransitive) to flow [auxiliary essere]
    Synonyms: scorrere, fluire
  2. (transitive) to streak, to mark with streaks
    Synonyms: striare, rigare
Conjugation

Further reading

  • rivolare_2 in internazionale.it – Dizionario Italiano di Internazionale – Il Nuovo di Mauro

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