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Italian
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin reprobitāre (contracted in *reprobtō, reprobtāre and with a replacement of ri- with rin-), intensive form of reprobō, reprobāre (“to reject, condemn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rim.brotˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: rim‧brot‧tà‧re
Verb
rimbrottàre (first-person singular present rimbròtto, first-person singular past historic rimbrottài, past participle rimbrottàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to reproach, rebuke, scold
- Synonym: rimproverare
1980, Umberto Eco, Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 104:Io sorrisi tutto fiero della sua deduzione, ed egli mi rimbrottò: "E non ridere. Hai visto che entro queste mura il riso non gode di buona reputazione."- I smiled all proud of his deduction, and he reproached me: "And don't laugh. You've seen that within these walls laughter doesn't enjoy a good reputation."
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