Meaning
to buy again
- to buy something once more, usually to replace something lost or used up
- to buy back something previously owned
In a sentence
Ho perso le chiavi di casa e ho dovuto ricomprare il lucchetto.
I lost my house keys and had to buy a new padlock.
Vuoi ricomprare quel libro che ti era piaciuto tanto?
Do you want to buy that book you liked so much again?
Non ricompreremo quel modello perché si è rotto troppo presto.
We will not buy that model again because it broke too soon.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ricomprare | infinitive |
| ricompro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ricompri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ricompra | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ricompriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ricomprate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ricomprano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ricompravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ricompravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ricomprava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ricompravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ricompravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ricompravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ricomprai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ricomprasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ricomprò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ricomprammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ricompraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ricomprarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ricomprerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ricomprerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ricomprerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ricompreremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ricomprerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ricompreranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ricompri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ricompri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ricompri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ricompriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ricompriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ricomprino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ricomprassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ricomprassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ricomprasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ricomprassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ricompraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ricomprassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ricomprerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ricompreresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ricomprerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ricompreremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ricomprereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ricomprerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ricompra | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ricompriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ricomprate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ricomprando | gerund |
| ricomprato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Formed with the prefix ri- + comprare.
- Takes the auxiliary avere in compound tenses.