riscattare
Meaning
- (transitive) to free from captivity
- (broadly, figuratively, transitive) to free (from something oppressive)
- (transitive) to redeem (to recover ownership)
- (transitive) to redeem (to restore honor)
- (transitive) to redeem (to release from blame)
- (transitive) to compensate for, to offset
- (transitive) to annul (a contract) by paying the necessary sum of money
- (transitive) to purchase (a property previously leased by a public body)
Concepts
Synonyms
eemancipare
fare salvare
realizzare i propositi
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ri‧scat‧tà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ris.katˈta.re/
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *reexcaptāre, from Latin captāre. Compare Italian ricattare (“to blackmail”), Catalan and Spanish rescatar (“to rescue”), Portuguese resgatar (“to rescue”).
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