Meaning
to reply, answer
- to reply, to answer back
- to repeat, to perform again
- to replicate, to reproduce
In a sentence
Non so cosa replicare a questa domanda.
I don't know what to reply to this question.
Lo spettacolo ha avuto successo e lo replicheranno domani.
The show was a success and they will repeat it tomorrow.
Ho replicato il piatto a casa ieri sera.
I recreated the dish at home last night.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| replicare | infinitive |
| replichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| replico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| replicate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| replichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| replicano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| replica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| replicavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| replicavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| replicavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| replicavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| replicavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| replicava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| replicammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| replicai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| replicaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| replicasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| replicarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| replicò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| replicheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| replicherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| replicherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| replicherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| replicheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| replicherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| replichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| replichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| replichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| replichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| replichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| replichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| replicassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| replicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| replicaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| replicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| replicassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| replicasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| replicheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| replicherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| replichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| replicheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| replicherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| replicherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| replichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| replicate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| replica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| replicando | gerund |
| replicato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For answering back in conversation, prefer rispondere; replicare sounds more formal, argumentative, or legalistic.
- In science and tech, replicare often means reproduce or duplicate; for simply doing again, ripetere is usually more natural.
- As an intransitive verb meaning answer back, it takes avere in compound tenses: ha replicato subito.