rifinire

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ri- +‎ finire.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ri.fiˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ri‧fi‧nì‧re

Verb[edit]

rifinìre (first-person singular present rifinìsco, first-person singular past historic rifinìi, past participle rifinìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) to finish again
  2. (transitive) to finalize, to refine, to finish off, to apply finishing touches, to complete, to perfect
  3. (transitive, sports, soccer) to make a conclusive (pass) (that leads to the goal that wins the game)
  4. (transitive, Tuscany) to use up
  5. (transitive, Tuscany) to exhaust physically, to reduce to misery
  6. (transitive, Tuscany) to finish, to stop
  7. (intransitive, Tuscany, chiefly in the negative) to please, to satisfy [auxiliary avere]

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Further reading[edit]

  • rifinire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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