rificcare

Italian

Etymology

From ri- + ficcare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ri.fikˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧fic‧cà‧re

Verb

rificcàre (first-person singular present rifìcco, first-person singular past historic rificcài, past participle rificcàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to shove again, to stick again, to thrust again, to drive again
    rificcare qualcuno in prigioneto stick someone back in prison
  2. (archaic or rare, figurative) to turn (the mind) again [+ a (some idea) = to]
  3. (colloquial, Tuscan) to report as a snitch, to blab (information)

Conjugation

Further reading

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