riguardare Italian · revision 38025

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=late 12th century, Rinaldo d'Aquino}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ri.ɡwarˈda.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''riguardare''' (first-person singular present riguàrdo, first-person singular past historic riguardài, past participle riguardàto, auxiliary avére)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|it|ri-|guardare]], with the intensive prefix.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) Compare [[fr|regarder]].^(Wiktionary) The noun [[riguardo]] was formed from it.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is in Rinaldo d'Aquino, at the end of the 12th century, in the rare sense “to look at attentively or intently”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Dante has the verb for “to look at again” in the ''Commedia'' (1300–1313) and for “to consider, regard as” before 1321; the sense “to concern”, used of a thing, is in Boccaccio before 1375.^(DELI 1999) “To guard with care” is in Giovanni di Pagolo Morelli before 1444, and the reflexive “to take care of oneself” in Marin Sanudo before 1536.^(DELI 1999) Petrocchi records “to look after one's health” in 1891.^(DELI 1999) The noun ''riguardo'' followed the same path, from “look” and “care” to “respect” and “relation”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ Today the commonest use is “to concern”, especially in ''per quanto riguarda'', “as regards”.^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Late 12th century – Rinaldo d'Aquino uses ''riguardare'' “to look at intently”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1300–1313 – Dante uses it for “to look at again”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1375 – Boccaccio uses it for “to concern”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1444 – Giovanni di Pagolo Morelli uses it for “to guard with care”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1536 – The reflexive “to take care of oneself” in Marin Sanudo.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|concern]], to have to do with; to involve: ''Sono affari che riguardano soltanto la famiglia.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of a text or talk, to deal with as its subject: ''Il convegno riguarda la storia del Novecento.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To look at again; to look over, [[m|en|check]]: ''Prima di consegnare, riguarda bene i conti.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To look back at: ''Si voltò a riguardare la casa.''.^(GRADIT 2003)

+ # To look after, take care of.^(Wiktionary)^(DELI 1999)

+ # ''riguardarsi'': to take care of oneself, of one's health: ''Riguardati, con questo freddo!''^(DELI 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[riguardo]]

+ * [[riguardoso]]

+ * [[riguardata]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[guardare]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}