Meaning
to fall again, fall back
- to relapse, fall back into
- to hang down, droop
- to fall on (responsibility, blame)
In a sentence
La palla è ricaduta in giardino dopo il tiro.
The ball fell back into the yard after the shot.
Perché i tuoi capelli ricadono sempre sugli occhi?
Why does your hair always fall over your eyes?
Non voglio ricadere nello stesso errore.
I don't want to fall into the same mistake again.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ricadere | infinitive |
| ricadiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ricado | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ricadete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ricadi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ricadono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ricade | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ricadevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ricadevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ricadevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ricadevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ricadevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ricadeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ricademmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ricaddi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ricadeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ricadesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ricaddero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ricadde | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ricadremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ricadrò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ricadrete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ricadrai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ricadranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ricadrà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ricadiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ricada | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ricadiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ricada | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ricadano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ricada | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ricadessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ricadessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ricadeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ricadessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ricadessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ricadesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ricadremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ricadrei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ricadreste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ricadresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ricadrebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ricadrebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ricadiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ricadete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ricadi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ricadendo | gerund |
| ricaduto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually takes essere in compound tenses: è ricaduto/a, sono ricaduti/e. Past participle agrees with the subject.
- For relapse, ricadere often takes in: ricadere in errore, in depressione, in tentazione. Don't use a direct object here.
- In legal or administrative Italian, ricadere su means 'to fall on' in the sense of responsibility or consequences.