di ripiego

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, of expedient. Compare French solution de repli.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di riˈpjɛ.ɡo/, /di riˈpje.ɡo/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ri‧piè‧go, di‧ri‧pié‧go

Adjective

di ripiego (invariable)

  1. fallback
    • 2020 July 28, Anna Lombardi, “Sei donne per Biden: Susan Rice tra le favorite per la carica di vicepresidente ”, in la Repubblica:
      Poco nota e ancor meno ambiziosa, Bass sarebbe una scelta di ripiego ed è davvero tutto da vedere se i suoi (tanti) sponsor, riusciranno a spingerla sul palcoscenico più importante del Paese.
      Little known and even less ambitious, Bass would be a fallback choice and it really remains to be seen whether her (many) sponsors will be able to push her onto the most important stage of the country.

References

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