ripugnare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repugnāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ri.puɲˈɲa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧pu‧gnà‧re

Verb

ripugnàre (first-person singular present ripùgno, first-person singular past historic ripugnài, past participle ripugnàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to repel or disgust, to be repugnant [+ a (someone) = to] [auxiliary avere]
  2. (literary) to fight again [auxiliary avere]
  3. (uncommon) to resist [+ a (object)] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

Further reading

  • ripugnare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • ripugnare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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