Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From rin- +‎ caro (expensive) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rin.kaˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: rin‧ca‧rà‧re

Verb

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rincaràre (first-person singular present rincàro, first-person singular past historic rincarài, past participle rincaràto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to raise the price of
    Synonym: aumentare
  2. (intransitive) to go up, to rise, to increase [auxiliary essere]
    Synonym: aumentare
    • 2019 June 4, Luigi Ippolito, “Trump cavalca la Brexit: «Faremo accordi fenomenali»”, in Corriere della Sera[1]:
      [] lunedì mattina il presidente aveva replicato via Twitter, chiamando il sindaco «un perdente totale»; e ieri Khan ha rincarato la dose, definendo Trump «il volto dell’estrema destra mondiale».
      [] Monday morning the president had replied via Twitter, calling the syndicate "a total loser"; and yesterday Khan increased the dose, calling Trump "the face of the global extreme right".

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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