Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ri- +‎ pulire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ri.puˈli.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ri‧pu‧lì‧re

Verb

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ripulìre (first-person singular present ripulìsco, first-person singular past historic ripulìi, past participle ripulìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to clean again
  2. to clean up, to flush, to scour
  3. to polish, to refine
  4. to gulp down

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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