ripugnare
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)
- to repel or disgust, to be repugnant [with a ‘to someone’] [auxiliary avere]
- (literary) to fight again [auxiliary avere]
- (uncommon) to resist [with a] [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of ripugnàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
Further reading
- ripugnare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ripugnare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa