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) (transitive) to counterattack or counterstrike (ambitransitive) 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 ==== Usage notes ==== When used intransitively, must be followed either by [che + ind.] or [di + inf.], as shown in the third usage example. ==== Conjugation ====