Meaning
to revive, resurrect
- to bring someone or something back to life; to revive
- to come back to life; to recover energy or health
In a sentence
I medici sono riusciti a resuscitare il paziente dopo l'arresto cardiaco.
The doctors managed to resuscitate the patient after cardiac arrest.
Un buon caffè caldo mi ha fatto resuscitare dopo una notte insonne.
A good hot coffee brought me back to life after a sleepless night.
Non tentare di resuscitare un progetto ormai fallito.
Do not attempt to revive a project that has already failed.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| resuscitare | infinitive |
| resuscito | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| resusciti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| resuscita | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| resuscitiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| resuscitate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| resuscitano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| resuscitavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| resuscitavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| resuscitava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| resuscitavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| resuscitavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| resuscitavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| resuscitai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| resuscitasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| resuscitò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| resuscitammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| resuscitaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| resuscitarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| resusciterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| resusciterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| resusciterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| resusciteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| resusciterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| resusciteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| resusciti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| resusciti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| resusciti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| resuscitiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| resuscitiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| resuscitino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| resuscitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| resuscitassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| resuscitasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| resuscitassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| resuscitaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| resuscitassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| resusciterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| resusciteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| resusciterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| resusciteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| resuscitereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| resusciterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| resuscita | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| resuscitiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| resuscitate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| resuscitando | gerund |
| resuscitato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Also spelt risuscitare. Takes avere when transitive ('to revive') and essere when intransitive ('to come back to life').