Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin resolvere.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /riˈzɔl.ve.re/, (traditional) /riˈsɔl.ve.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔlvere
  • Hyphenation: ri‧sòl‧ve‧re

Verb edit

risòlvere (first-person singular present risòlvo, first-person singular past historic risòlsi, past participle risòlto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to solve
  2. (transitive) to resolve
  3. (transitive) to settle
  4. (intransitive, music) to resolve [auxiliary avere]

Usage notes edit

  • The past participle risolùto is listed in several dictionaries (e.g. Treccani, Hoepli) but is archaic in this sense. Modern risoluto functions only as an adjective meaning "resolute, determined".

Conjugation edit

Including lesser-used forms:

Related terms edit

References edit

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