ripugnare

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repugnāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ri.puɲˈɲa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧pu‧gnà‧re

Verb

ripugnàre (first-person singular present ripùgno, first-person singular past historic ripugnài, past participle ripugnàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to repel or disgust, to be repugnant
  2. (literary) to fight again
  3. (uncommon) to resist

Conjugation

Further reading

  • ripugnare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • ripugnare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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