risalire

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *resalīre. Synchronically derivable from ri- +‎ salire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ri.saˈli.re/ (in the literal sense "to climb again, to go up again")
  • IPA(key): /ri.saˈli.re/, /ri.zaˈli.re/[1] (in the figurative senses)
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ri‧sa‧lì‧re

Verb

risalìre (first-person singular present risàlgo, first-person singular past historic risalìi, past participle risalìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (transitive) to climb again, to ascend again
    Synonym: rimontare
  2. (intransitive) to climb again, to go up again
    Synonym: rimontare
  3. (intransitive) to mentally return to past events; to remember
    Synonym: riportarsi
    risalire al mio primo bacio ― to remember my first kiss
  4. (intransitive) to come to or figure out the beginning or origin
    risalire alla causa ― to come to the cause
    la polizia è risalita al colpevole
    the police figured out (who) the culprit (was)
  5. (intransitive) to date back
    Synonym: rimontare
    la costruzione di quel ponte risale al secolo scorso
    the construction of that bridge dates back to the last century
  6. (intransitive) to regain (a lost position or condition)
    risalire in fama ― to regain fame
  7. (intransitive) to rise or increase again
    Synonyms: rincarare, aumentare, rialzarsi
    i prezzi del cibo risalgono
    the prices for food are rising again

Conjugation

    Conjugation of risalìre (-ire; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive risalìre
auxiliary verb èssere1, avére2 gerund risalèndo
present participle risalènte, risaliènte past participle risalìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present risàlgo risàli risàle risaliàmo risalìte risàlgono
imperfect risalìvo risalìvi risalìva risalivàmo risalivàte risalìvano
past historic risalìi risalìsti risalì risalìmmo risalìste risalìrono
future risalirò risalirài risalirà risalirémo risaliréte risalirànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present risalirèi risalirésti risalirèbbe, risalirébbe risalirémmo risaliréste risalirèbbero, risalirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present risàlga risàlga risàlga risaliàmo risaliàte risàlgano
imperfect risalìssi risalìssi risalìsse risalìssimo risalìste risalìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
risàli risàlga risaliàmo risalìte risàlgano
negative imperative non risalìre non risàlga non risaliàmo non risalìte non risàlgano

1Intransitive.
2Transitive.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ risale in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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