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ricadere

to fall back

verb ree-kah-DEH-reh Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Also means

to relapse

Usage Note

Ricadere takes essere as its auxiliary (è ricaduto). It means to fall again or fall back into a state, most commonly used medically (ricadere nella malattia = to relapse) and figuratively (ricadere nello stesso errore = to fall into the same mistake again). The noun ricaduta means 'relapse' and is common in medical Italian.

Examples

"Il paziente è ricaduto nella vecchia abitudine."

Natural Translation

The patient relapsed into the old habit.

Literal Translation

The patient is fallen-back into-the old habit.

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