Italian

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Etymology

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From ri- +‎ costruire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ri.ko.struˈi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ri‧co‧stru‧ì‧re

Verb

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ricostruìre (first-person singular present ricostruìsco, first-person singular past historic ricostruìi, past participle ricostruìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to rebuild, to reconstruct
  2. (figurative) to restore
  3. (figurative) to reconstruct by deduction (e.g. the facts of a crime)
  4. (figurative) to describe in detail (e.g. events in a story)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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