rifare

See also: rifaré

Italian

Etymology

From ri- (“re-”) +‎ fare (“to do, make”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /riˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ri‧fà‧re

Verb

rifàre (first-person singular present rifàccio, first-person singular past historic riféci, past participle rifàtto, first-person singular imperfect rifacévo, second-person singular imperative rifài or rifà', auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to redo; to do again
    rifare una paseggiata ― to take another walk (literally, “do a walk again”)
    rifare un'esame ― to redo an exam
    rifare la strada ― to traverse the same street again
  2. to remake
  3. to reconstruct (with plastic surgery)
  4. to provoke (a physical sensation) again
  5. to inflict (damage, pain, etc.) on again
  6. to renovate (something damaged, destroyed, etc.); to restore
  7. to buy again or another
    con questi nuovi soldi, possiamo rifare la tavola
    with this new money, we can buy another table
  8. to cook again, using a different cooking technique
    rifare il lesso sulla bracie ― to recook the boiled meat on the grill
  9. to put back in order; to reorganize
    rifare la cucina ― to reorganize the kitchen
  10. to imitate (someone or something)
    ho rifatto il verso dell'uccello ― I imitated the bird's verse
  11. to reelect or renominate
  12. to make (someone or something) become; to regive (someone or something) (a characteristic); to make again
    quell'esito lo rifece fiducioso ― that result gave him back his confidence (literally, “made him confident again”)
  13. (ditransitive) (with inf.) to compel or force again
    mi ha rifatto salire le scale
    he made me go up the stairs again
  14. to compensate
    rifarla delle perdite ― to compensate her for her losses
  15. (rare) to educate

Conjugation
    Conjugation of rifàre (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive rifàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund rifacèndo
present participle rifacènte past participle rifàtto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present rifàccio rifài rifà1 rifacciàmo rifàte rifànno
imperfect rifacévo rifacévi rifacéva rifacevàmo rifacevàte rifacévano
past historic riféci rifacésti riféce rifacémmo rifacéste rifécero
future rifarò rifarài rifarà rifarémo rifaréte rifarànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present rifarèi rifarésti rifarèbbe, rifarébbe rifarémmo rifaréste rifarèbbero, rifarébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present rifàccia rifàccia rifàccia rifacciàmo rifacciàte rifàcciano
imperfect rifacéssi rifacéssi rifacésse rifacéssimo rifacéste rifacéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
rifài, rifà' rifàccia rifacciàmo rifàte rifàcciano
negative imperative non rifàre non rifàccia non rifacciàmo non rifàte non rifàcciano

1With syntactic gemination after the verb.

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Verb

rifare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of rifar
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