Italian edit

Etymology edit

From ri- +‎ finire.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ri.fiˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ri‧fi‧nì‧re

Verb edit

rifinìre (first-person singular present rifinìsco, first-person singular past historic rifinìi, past participle rifinìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) to finish again
  2. (transitive) to finalize, to refine, to finish off, to apply finishing touches, to complete, to perfect
  3. (transitive, sports, soccer) to make a conclusive (pass) (that leads to the goal that wins the game)
  4. (transitive, Tuscany) to use up
  5. (transitive, Tuscany) to exhaust physically, to reduce to misery
  6. (transitive, Tuscany) to finish, to stop
  7. (intransitive, Tuscany, chiefly in the negative) to please, to satisfy [auxiliary avere]

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Further reading edit

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

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