Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ri.poˈza.re/, (traditional) /ri.poˈsa.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧po‧sà‧re

Etymology 1 edit

From ri- +‎ posare or from Late Latin repausāre, from Latin pausāre.

Verb edit

riposàre (first-person singular present ripòso, first-person singular past historic riposài, past participle riposàto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive) avére or (archaic when intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to rest
  2. (intransitive) to rest, to have a rest, to take a rest, to sleep, to stand [auxiliary avere or (archaic) essere]
    Synonym: dormire
  3. (intransitive) to rest, to lie, to be buried [auxiliary avere or (archaic) essere]
    Synonyms: giacere, essere sepolto
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Etymology 2 edit

From ri- +‎ posare.

Verb edit

riposàre (first-person singular present ripòso, first-person singular past historic riposài, past participle riposàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to place back, to put back, to lay down again
    Synonym: posare di nuovo
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References edit

  1. ^ riposo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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