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rigurgitare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From ri- (re-) +‎ Latin (in)gurgitāre (to flood; to engulf).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ri.ɡur.d͡ʒiˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧gur‧gi‧tà‧re

Verb

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rigurgitàre (first-person singular present rigùrgito, first-person singular past historic rigurgitài, past participle rigurgitàto, auxiliary (transitive, also intransitive referring to a place) avére or (intransitive referring to liquid) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to regurgitate, to spit up
  2. (intransitive) to gush, to spurt out, to overflow (of a liquid) [auxiliary essere]
    Synonyms: sgorgare, traboccare
  3. (intransitive) to gush, to be overflowing (of a place) [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: straboccare
    • 1959, Indro Montanelli, “Capitolo diciannovesimo: Pericle [Nineteenth chapter: Pericles]”, in Storia dei Greci [History of the Greeks], 39th edition, Milan, published 1973, page 173:
      La sua maggiore arma politica furono i lavori pubblici. Poteva intraprenderne quanti voleva perché, coi mari liberi e con una flotta come quella ateniese, i commerci andavano a gonfie vele e il Tesoro rigurgitava di quattrini.
      Public works were his greatest political weapon. He [Pericles] could've embarked on as many as he wanted, because, with the seas freed, and with a fleet like the Athenian one, trade was on a roll, and the treasury was overflowing with money.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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