rigurgitare
Italian
Etymology
From ri- (“re-”) + Latin (in)gurgitāre (“to flood; to engulf”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ri.ɡur.d͡ʒiˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ri‧gur‧gi‧tà‧re
Verb
rigurgitàre (first-person singular present rigùrgito, first-person singular past historic rigurgitài, past participle rigurgitàto, auxiliary (transitive, also intransitive referring to a place) avére or (intransitive referring to liquid) èssere)
- (transitive) to regurgitate, to spit up
- (intransitive) to gush, to spurt out, to overflow (of a liquid) [auxiliary essere]
- Synonyms: sgorgare, traboccare
- (intransitive) to gush, to be overflowing (of a place) [auxiliary avere]
- Synonym: straboccare
- 1959, Indro Montanelli, “Capitolo diciannovesimo: Pericle [Nineteenth chapter: Pericles]”, in Storia dei Greci [History of the Greeks], 39th edition, Milan, published 1973, page 173:
- La sua maggiore arma politica furono i lavori pubblici. Poteva intraprenderne quanti voleva perché, coi mari liberi e con una flotta come quella ateniese, i commerci andavano a gonfie vele e il Tesoro rigurgitava di quattrini.
- Public works were his greatest political weapon. He [Pericles] could've embarked on as many as he wanted, because, with the seas freed, and with a fleet like the Athenian one, trade was on a roll, and the treasury was overflowing with money.
Conjugation
1Transitive, also intransitive referring to a place.
2Intransitive referring to liquid.
Derived terms
Further reading
- rigurgitare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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