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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /riˈskat.to/
- Rhymes: -atto
- Hyphenation: ri‧scàt‧to
Etymology 1
From riscattare.
Noun
riscatto m (plural riscatti)
- redemption
- liberation pegged to the payment of a ransom
- (by extension) a ransom (money paid)
- (by extension) liberation achieved only after a religious or political sacrifice
- (law, by extension) liberation from a legal obligation, especially an institution in which a debtor can rid himself of an obligation by paying a sum of money
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
riscatto
- first-person singular present indicative of riscattare
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