Italian edit

Etymology edit

From ri- +‎ battere.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /riˈbat.te.re/
  • Rhymes: -attere
  • Hyphenation: ri‧bàt‧te‧re

Verb edit

ribàttere (first-person singular present ribàtto, first-person singular past historic ribattéi, past participle ribattùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to beat again
  2. (transitive) to hit back (a tennis ball, soccer ball, etc.)
  3. (transitive) to retype
  4. (intransitive) to answer back, to talk back, to reply, to retort [auxiliary avere]

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Further reading edit

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

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