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reagire

react

verb reh-ah-JEE-reh Less Common

Origin: from re- + agire 'to act'

Also means

respond

Usage Note

Reagire means to react, both emotionally and chemically; you react to something with reagire a. It is an -ire verb that takes -isc- in the present (reagisco, reagisci). Built from agire ('to act') with the prefix re-.

Examples

"Non so come reagire."

Natural Translation

I don't know how to react.

Literal Translation

Not I-know how react.

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