rigare
Meaning
- (transitive) to rule (to draw lines)
- (transitive) to score (to mark lines)
- (broadly, figuratively, transitive) to stream down (one's face, cheeks, etc.)
- (transitive) to scratch
- (intransitive, rare) to act (appropriately) [auxiliary avere] (only in the expression rigare dritto or rigare diritto)
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Frequency
Hyphenated as
ri‧gà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/riˈɡa.re/
Etymology
From riga (“line”) + -are.
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