repello

Italian

Verb

repello

  1. first-person singular present indicative of repellere

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ pellō (push, drive).

Pronunciation

Verb

repellō (present infinitive repellere, perfect active reppulī, supine repulsum); third conjugation

  1. to drive, push or thrust back or away; reject, repulse, repel
  2. (figuratively) to drive away, reject, remove, discard; keep off, hold back, ward off, repulse
  3. (figuratively) to reject, refuse, refute, confute, repel

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: repel·lir
  • English: repel, repeal (via Old French)
  • Galician: repeler
  • Italian: repellere
  • Portuguese: repelir
  • Spanish: repeler, repulsar

References

  • repello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • repello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • repello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to repel an injury: iniurias defendere, repellere, propulsare
    • to repulse an attack: repellere, propulsare hostem

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

 

  • Syllabification: re‧pe‧llo

Noun

repello m (plural repellos)

  1. plastering (of a building)

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