Meaning
to grow back
- To grow again, such as hair, plants, or tissue.

In a sentence
L'erba del giardino è già ricresciuta dopo la pioggia.
The grass in the garden has already grown back after the rain.
I capelli ricrescono molto più in fretta d'estate.
Hair grows back much faster in the summer.
Pensi che le foglie ricresceranno prima della primavera?
Do you think the leaves will grow back before spring?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ricrescere | infinitive |
| ricresco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ricresci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ricresce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ricresciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ricrescete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ricrescono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ricrescevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ricrescevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ricresceva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ricrescevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ricrescevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ricrescevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ricrebbi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ricrescesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ricrebbe | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ricrescemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ricresceste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ricrebbero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ricrescerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ricrescerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ricrescerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ricresceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ricrescerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ricresceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ricresca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ricresca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ricresca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
Usage notes
- Takes 'essere' as auxiliary in compound tenses because it is intransitive.