Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin irrētīre.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ir.reˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ir‧re‧tì‧re

Verb edit

irretìre (first-person singular present irretìsco, first-person singular past historic irretìi, past participle irretìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) to net, to catch with a net
  2. (transitive, figurative) to ensnare, to enmesh, to catch
  3. (transitive, figurative) to seduce
  4. (transitive, Catholicism) to penalize (with excommunication, interdiction or suspension)

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Latin edit

Verb edit

irrētīre

  1. inflection of irrētiō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative