Meaning
to reaffirm
- to hammer down a protruding nail; to rivet
In a sentence
Ti ribadisco che arrivo alle otto in punto.
I’m reaffirming that I’ll arrive at eight sharp.
Puoi ribadire meglio quello che hai detto?
Can you restate more clearly what you said?
Ho ribadito il chiodo che usciva dal tavolo.
I hammered down the nail that was sticking out of the table.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ribadire | infinitive |
| ribadiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ribadisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ribadite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ribadisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ribadiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ribadisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ribadivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ribadivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ribadivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ribadivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ribadivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ribadiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ribadimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ribadii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ribadiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ribadisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ribadirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ribadì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ribadiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ribadirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ribadirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ribadirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ribadiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ribadirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ribadiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ribadisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ribadiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ribadisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ribadiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ribadisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ribadissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ribadissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ribadiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ribadissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ribadissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ribadisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ribadiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ribadirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ribadireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ribadiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ribadirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ribadirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ribadiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ribadite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ribadisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ribadendo | gerund |
| ribadito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often more formal and emphatic than dire or ripetere; common in news, business, and official statements.
- Use ribadire che + clause to stress a point: Ha ribadito che non cambierà idea.
- For the metalwork sense, context matters; many learners overuse it when they just mean ripetere or sottolineare.