Italian

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Etymology

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From ri- +‎ battere.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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