restringere
Italian
Alternative forms
- ristringere (archaic or Tuscan)
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)
- to narrow (a road, etc.)
- to take in (a dress, etc.)
- to shrink
- to constrict
- to thicken (food)
- to restrict to a smaller space
- (figurative) to contain, to limit (expenses, etc.)
- to summarize
Conjugation
Conjugation of restrìngere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Related terms
Latin
Verb
restringēre
- second-person singular future passive indicative of restringō
Verb
restringere
- inflection of restringō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative