ritornare

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin retornāre, corresponding to ri- +‎ tornare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ri.torˈna.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧tor‧nà‧re

Verb

ritornàre (first-person singular present ritórno, first-person singular past historic ritornài, past participle ritornàto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to return, to go back
  2. (transitive, regional) to return, to give back
  3. (transitive, figurative, literary, uncommon) to bring back
    ritornare in vita un morto ― to bring a dead person back to life
  4. (transitive, literary, uncommon) to return, to give back

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ritornàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive ritornàre
auxiliary verb èssere1, avére2 gerund ritornàndo
present participle ritornànte past participle ritornàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present ritórno ritórni ritórna ritorniàmo ritornàte ritórnano
imperfect ritornàvo ritornàvi ritornàva ritornavàmo ritornavàte ritornàvano
past historic ritornài ritornàsti ritornò ritornàmmo ritornàste ritornàrono
future ritornerò ritornerài ritornerà ritornerémo ritorneréte ritornerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present ritornerèi ritornerésti ritornerèbbe, ritornerébbe ritornerémmo ritorneréste ritornerèbbero, ritornerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present ritórni ritórni ritórni ritorniàmo ritorniàte ritórnino
imperfect ritornàssi ritornàssi ritornàsse ritornàssimo ritornàste ritornàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
ritórna ritórni ritorniàmo ritornàte ritórnino
negative imperative non ritornàre non ritórni non ritorniàmo non ritornàte non ritórnino

1Intransitive.
2Transitive.

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