ritornare
Italian
Etymology
From Latin retornāre, corresponding to ri- + tornare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ri.torˈna.re/
Audio: (file) - 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)
- (intransitive) to return, to go back [auxiliary essere]
- (transitive, regional) to return, to give back
- (transitive, figurative, literary, uncommon) to bring back
- ritornare in vita un morto ― to bring a dead person back to life
- (transitive, literary, uncommon) to return, to give back
Conjugation
Conjugation of ritornàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Intransitive.
2Transitive.
Derived terms
- ritornarsene
- ritornarsi
- ritornamento
- ritornello
- ritorno