ritornare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin retornāre, corresponding to ri- +‎ tornare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ri.torˈna.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧tor‧nà‧re

Verb

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ritornàre (first-person singular present ritórno, first-person singular past historic ritornài, past participle ritornàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to return, to go back [auxiliary essere]
  2. (transitive, regional) to return, to give back
  3. (transitive, figurative, literary, uncommon) to bring back
    ritornare in vita un mortoto bring a dead person back to life
  4. (transitive, literary, uncommon) to return, to give back

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