Meaning
to recycle
- to process used materials so they can be reused
- to reuse something in a new way
- to launder illicit money
In a sentence
In questa città ricicliamo quasi tutta la carta.
In this city we recycle almost all paper.
Perché non ricicli quella vecchia scatola di scarpe?
Why don't you recycle that old shoebox?
È importante riciclare il vetro correttamente.
It is important to recycle glass properly.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| riciclare | infinitive |
| riciclo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ricicli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ricicla | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ricicliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| riciclate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riciclano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riciclavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riciclavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riciclava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riciclavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riciclavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riciclavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riciclai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| riciclasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| riciclò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| riciclammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| riciclaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| riciclarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| riciclerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| riciclerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| riciclerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ricicleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| riciclerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ricicleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ricicli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ricicli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ricicli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ricicliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ricicliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riciclino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riciclassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riciclassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riciclasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riciclassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riciclaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riciclassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riciclerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ricicleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riciclerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ricicleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| riciclereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riciclerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ricicla | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ricicliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| riciclate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| riciclando | gerund |
| riciclato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- In financial contexts, 'riciclare denaro sporco' means to launder dirty money.