Meaning
to exhume; to dig up
- to dig up a buried corpse from the ground
- to revive, unearth, or bring back an old topic, controversy, or forgotten custom
In a sentence
Il magistrato ha ordinato di riesumare la salma per nuove perizie.
The magistrate ordered the body exhumed for further expert examinations.
Perché vuoi riesumare vecchi rancori ormai dimenticati?
Why do you want to dig up old grudges that are long forgotten?
Non vale la pena riesumare un progetto fallito anni fa.
It is not worth reviving a project that failed years ago.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| riesumare | infinitive |
| riesumo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| riesumi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riesuma | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riesumiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| riesumate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riesumano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riesumavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riesumavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riesumava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riesumavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riesumavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riesumavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riesumai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| riesumasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| riesumò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| riesumammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| riesumaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| riesumarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| riesumerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| riesumerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| riesumerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| riesumeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| riesumerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| riesumeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| riesumi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| riesumi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riesumi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riesumiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| riesumiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riesumino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riesumassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riesumassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riesumasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riesumassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riesumaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riesumassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riesumerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| riesumeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riesumerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riesumeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| riesumereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riesumerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riesuma | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| riesumiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| riesumate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| riesumando | gerund |
| riesumato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Widely used figuratively for dredging up old arguments or reviving obsolete ideas.