Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin revīvō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /riˈvi.ve.re/
  • Rhymes: -ivere
  • Hyphenation: ri‧vì‧ve‧re

Verb

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rivìvere (first-person singular present rivìvo, first-person singular past historic rivìssi, past participle rivissùto, first-person singular future rivivrò, auxiliary (transitive or less commonly intransitive) avére or (usually when intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to live through, to experience again, to relive
  2. (intransitive) to live again, to be reborn, to come to life again, to be revived [auxiliary essere or (less commonly) avere]
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to perpetuate itself [auxiliary essere or (less commonly) avere]
  4. (intransitive, figurative) to flourish again, to regain new vigor [auxiliary essere or (less commonly) avere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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