riscattare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to free from captivity
  2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) to free (from something oppressive)
  3. (transitive) to redeem (to recover ownership)
  4. (transitive) to redeem (to restore honor)
  5. (transitive) to redeem (to release from blame)
  6. (transitive) to compensate for, to offset
  7. (transitive) to annul (a contract) by paying the necessary sum of money
  8. (transitive) to purchase (a property previously leased by a public body)

Frequency

31k
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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