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ribellare

to rebel

verb ree-bel-LAH-reh Rare
People & Society Politics

Also means

to revolt

Usage Note

Ribellare is typically used reflexively as ribellarsi — 'to rebel against something' — with the preposition a or contro: si è ribellato al regime. The non-reflexive form exists but is less common. It takes essere as auxiliary in the reflexive.

Examples

"I giovani si ribellarono alle regole."

Natural Translation

The young people rebelled against the rules.

Literal Translation

The young-people themselves rebelled to-the rules.

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