Meaning
to fill, to fill up
- to stuff, to heap
- to fill out, fill in (to complete a form, a document, etc.)
In a sentence
Puoi riempire la bottiglia con un po' d'acqua?
Can you fill the bottle with a little water?
Ho riempito il modulo online in cinque minuti.
I filled out the online form in five minutes.
Non riempire troppo la valigia, pesa già molto.
Don't stuff the suitcase too much, it already weighs a lot.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| riempire | infinitive |
| riempiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| riempio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| riempite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riempi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riempiono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riempie | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riempivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riempivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riempivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riempivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riempivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riempiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riempimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| riempii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| riempiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| riempisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| riempirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| riempì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| riempiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| riempirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| riempirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| riempirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| riempiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| riempirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| riempiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| riempia | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| riempiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riempia | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riempiano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riempia | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riempissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riempissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riempiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riempissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riempissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riempisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riempiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| riempirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| riempireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riempiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riempirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riempirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riempiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| riempite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| riempi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| riempiendo | gerund |
| riempito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use riempire for containers or spaces; compilare is preferred for forms in formal contexts, though riempire un modulo is common in speech.
- With direct objects, passato prossimo takes avere: ho riempito il bicchiere. Reflexive riempirsi takes essere: il bicchiere si è riempito.
- For people, riempire di + noun is common: mi ha riempito di domande, di complimenti. Don’t use a bare noun after it.
- present: riempio, riempi, riempie, riempiamo, riempite, riempiono