rifuggire

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ri.fudˈd͡ʒi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ri‧fug‧gì‧re

Etymology 1

From ri- + fuggire.

Verb

rifuggìre (first-person singular present rifùggo, first-person singular past historic rifuggìi, past participle rifuggìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to escape again, to flee again [auxiliary essere]
  2. (intransitive) to escape, to flee [auxiliary essere]
  3. (transitive) to escape, to avoid, to dodge
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin refugere, remodeled after Italian fuggire (to escape).

Verb

rifuggìre (first-person singular present rifùggo, first-person singular past historic rifuggìi, past participle rifuggìto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

  1. (intransitive) to be averse to, to shun, to shy away from [+ da (object)] [auxiliary essere]
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) to take refuge [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
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