rifuggire

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ri.fudˈd͡ʒi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ri‧fug‧gì‧re

Etymology 1

From ri- +‎ fuggire.

Verb

rifuggìre (first-person singular present rifùggo, first-person singular past historic rifuggìi, past participle rifuggìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to escape again, to flee again
  2. (intransitive) to escape, to flee
  3. (transitive) to escape, to avoid, to dodge
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin refugere, remodeled after Italian fuggire (to escape).

Verb

rifuggìre (first-person singular present rifùggo, first-person singular past historic rifuggìi, past participle rifuggìto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

  1. (intransitive) to be averse to, to shun, to shy away from
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) to take refuge
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