Italian edit

Etymology edit

From ri- +‎ gettare (to throw).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ri.d͡ʒetˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧get‧tà‧re

Verb edit

rigettàre (first-person singular present rigètto, first-person singular past historic rigettài, past participle rigettàto, auxiliary avére or (in the meaning "to resurface, to reappear") èssere)

  1. (transitive) to send back or away
    rigettare l'attacco nemicoto push back the enemy attack
    • 2013, F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 202:
      I nostri occhi si alzarono sui roseti, il prato caldo e le alghe rigettate a riva dalla canicola.
      Our eyes lifted over the rosebeds and the hot lawn and the weedy refuse of the dog days along shore.
      (literally, “Our eyes lifted over the rose gardens, the hot lawn and the seaweed sent back ashore from the dog days.”)
  2. (transitive) to throw again or back
  3. (transitive) to refute, to reject
    Synonyms: rifiutare, respingere, ributtare, non accogliere
    rigettare un credoto refute a creed
    rigettare un ricorsoto reject an appeal
  4. (botany, transitive, intransitive) to germinate [auxiliary avere]
    Synonyms: germogliare, ributtare
  5. (intransitive) to resurface, to reappear [auxiliary essere]
  6. (transitive, informal) to vomit
    Synonyms: vomitare, rimettere, rovesciare

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