restringere

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin restringere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /resˈtrin.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -indʒere
  • Hyphenation: re‧strìn‧ge‧re

Verb

restrìngere (first-person singular present restrìngo, first-person singular past historic restrìnsi, past participle restrétto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to narrow (a road, etc.)
  2. to take in (a dress, etc.)
  3. to shrink
  4. to constrict
  5. to thicken (food)
  6. to restrict to a smaller space
  7. (figurative) to contain, to limit (expenses, etc.)
  8. to summarize

Conjugation

Derived terms

Latin

Verb

restringēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of restringō

Verb

restringere

  1. inflection of restringō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative