Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /riˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧stà‧re

Etymology 1 edit

From ri- +‎ stare.

Verb edit

ristàre (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) ristò, first-person singular past historic ristétti or (traditional) ristètti, past participle ristàto, first-person singular future ristarò, first-person singular subjunctive ristìa, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive ristéssi, second-person singular imperative ristài or ristà', auxiliary èssere) (intransitive) [auxiliary essere]

  1. to stay again, to remain again
    ristare a caseto stay at home again
  2. to be (doing something) again [+gerund]
    ristà' piovendoit's raining again
  3. to keep again, to stick again [+ a (object)]
  4. to be up to again [+ a (object)]
    ristà a te decidereit’s up to you again to decide
  5. to be about to again [+ per (object)]
    ristò per andare viaI am about to leave again
  6. to be in a certain condition again
    ristare bene
    to be well again (referring to health)
    sono ristati insieme
    they have gotten together again (referring e.g. to a relationship)
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Etymology 2 edit

Doublet of restare, of which it was originally a popular variant, with substitution of re- by ri-.[1][2]

Verb edit

ristàre (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) ristò, first-person singular past historic ristétti or (traditional) ristètti, past participle ristàto, first-person singular future ristarò, first-person singular subjunctive ristìa, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive ristéssi, second-person singular imperative ristài or ristà', auxiliary èssere)

  1. (intransitive, literary or rare) to stop, to cease; to desist [auxiliary essere]
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References edit

  1. ^ ristare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
  2. ^ ristare in internazionale.it – Dizionario Italiano di Internazionale – Il Nuovo di Mauro.

Further reading edit

  • ristare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • ristare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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