riflettere

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin reflectō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riˈflɛt.te.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛttere
  • Hyphenation: ri‧flèt‧te‧re

Verb

riflèttere (first-person singular present riflètto, first-person singular past historic riflettéi or (less common) riflèssi, past participle ("to reflect, to mirror outwardly") riflèsso or ("to consider") riflettùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to reflect
    Synonym: rispecchiare
  2. (transitive, figurative) to mirror outwardly, to reflect (an emotion)
    Synonym: rispecchiare
  3. (intransitive) to think, to think over, to reflect upon, to reflect on, to consider, to ponder
    Synonyms: considerare, pensare, ponderare, valutare

Usage notes

  • The definitions "to reflect" and "to mirror outwardly" have the past participle riflesso while the definition "to consider" has the past participle riflettuto.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of riflèttere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive riflèttere
auxiliary verb avére gerund riflettèndo
present participle riflettènte past participle riflèsso2, riflettùto3
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present riflètto riflètti riflètte riflettiàmo riflettéte riflèttono
imperfect riflettévo riflettévi riflettéva riflettevàmo riflettevàte riflettévano
past historic riflettéi, riflèssi1 riflettésti rifletté, riflèsse1 riflettémmo riflettéste riflettérono, riflèssero1
future rifletterò rifletterài rifletterà rifletterémo rifletteréte rifletterànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present rifletterèi rifletterésti rifletterèbbe, rifletterébbe rifletterémmo rifletteréste rifletterèbbero, rifletterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present riflètta riflètta riflètta riflettiàmo riflettiàte riflèttano
imperfect riflettéssi riflettéssi riflettésse riflettéssimo riflettéste riflettéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
riflètti riflètta riflettiàmo riflettéte riflèttano
negative imperative non riflèttere non riflètta non riflettiàmo non riflettéte non riflèttano

1Less common.
2"to reflect, to mirror outwardly".
3"to consider".

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Further reading

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

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