Italian

Verb

repello

1. first-person singular present indicative of repellere

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ pellō ‎(“push, drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈpel.loː/

Verb

repellō ‎(present infinitive repellere, perfect active reppulī, supine repulsum); third conjugation

1. I drive, push or thrust back or away; reject, repulse, repel.
2. (figuratively) I drive away, reject, remove, discard; keep off, hold back, ward off, repulse.
3. (figuratively) I reject, refuse, refute, confute, repel.

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Descendants

• English: repel
• Italian: repellere
• Portuguese: repelir
• Spanish: repeler

References

• repello in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• repello in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “repello”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to repel an injury: iniurias defendere, repellere, propulsare
    
  • to repulse an attack: repellere, propulsare hostem