Italian edit

Etymology edit

From ri- +‎ piegare, cf. also Latin replicō, replicāre.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ri.pjeˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧pie‧gà‧re

Verb edit

ripiegàre (first-person singular present ripiègo or ripiégo[1], first-person singular past historic ripiegài, past participle ripiegàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to fold (again)
  2. (transitive) to fold up
  3. (transitive) to lower (the head)
  4. (intransitive, military) to retreat, to fall back [auxiliary avere]
  5. (intransitive, figurative) to fall back [+ su (object) = on] [auxiliary avere]

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References edit

  1. ^ ripiego in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)