rigare

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riˈɡa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧gà‧re

Etymology 1

From riga (line) +‎ -are.

Verb

rigàre (first-person singular present rìgo, first-person singular past historic rigài, past participle rigàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to rule (to draw lines)
  2. (transitive) to score (to mark lines)
  3. (transitive, figurative, by extension) to stream down (one's face, cheeks, etc.)
    Synonym: solcare
    le lacrime gli rigavano le guance
    tears were streaming down his cheeks
  4. (transitive) to scratch
    Synonyms: graffiare, sfregare
  5. (intransitive, rare) to act (appropriately) (only in the expression rigare dritto or rigare diritto)
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin rigāre.

Verb

rigàre (first-person singular present rìgo, first-person singular past historic rigài, past participle rigàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive, archaic or literary)

  1. to irrigate
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Latin

Verb

rigāre

  1. inflection of rigō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative