riversare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin reversāre, a verb based on Latin reversus. Doublet of rovesciare, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ri.verˈsa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧ver‧sà‧re

Verb

riversàre (first-person singular present rivèrso, first-person singular past historic riversài, past participle riversàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to pour again
  2. to gush (to flow forth suddenly)
  3. to gush (to make an excessive display of sentiment)
  4. to blame or burden (someone else)
    riversare addosso agli altri le proprie responsabilità
    to burden others with one's responsibilities
  5. to download
  6. (archaic) to beat (to win against)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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