Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin reverberāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ri.ver.beˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧ver‧be‧rà‧re

Verb

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riverberàre (first-person singular present rivèrbero, first-person singular past historic riverberài, past participle riverberàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to reflect (light, heat, sound, etc.)
  2. (transitive, archaic) to dazzle
    Synonyms: abbacinare, abbagliare
  3. (intransitive) to reflect (of light or heat) [auxiliary essere]
  4. (intransitive) to reverberate (of sound) [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

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