riabboccare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
riabboccàre (first-person singular present riabbócco, first-person singular past historic riabboccài, past participle riabboccàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, rare) to bite again
- il pesce ha riabboccato l'esca
- the fish took the bait again (with the mouth)
- (intransitive, also figurative, by extension) to take the bait again [auxiliary avere]
- il pesce riabbocca
- the fish takes the bait again
- (transitive, rare) to fill up again (a glass, jar, etc.) to the top
- (transitive) to join or connect again, to reconnect (tubes, ducts, etc.)
- (intransitive) to be joined or connected again (of tubes, ducts, etc.) [auxiliary avere]
- i tubi riabboccano
- the tubes are reconnected
- (transitive, by extension) to reconnect two organs (in surgery)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of riabboccàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)