controbattere

Italian

Etymology

From contro- +‎ battere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon.troˈbat.te.re/
  • Rhymes: -attere
  • Hyphenation: con‧tro‧bàt‧te‧re

Verb

controbàttere (first-person singular present controbàtto, first-person singular past historic controbattéi, past participle controbattùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to counterattack or counterstrike
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to answer back; to refute; to rebut
    non so come controbattere ― I don't know how to refute (it)
    controbattere un'accusa ― to rebut an accusation
    controbatté di non saperne nulla
    he responded that he did not know anything about it

Usage notes

  • When used intransitively, must be followed either by [che + ind.] or [di + inf.], as shown in the third usage example.

Conjugation

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