Meaning
to redo; to do again
- to remake
- to reconstruct (with plastic surgery)
- to provoke (a physical sensation) again
In a sentence
Devo rifare il compito, ho sbagliato tutto.
I have to redo the homework, I got everything wrong.
Ti sei rifatta il naso l'anno scorso?
Did you get your nose redone last year?
Questo odore mi rifà venire fame.
This smell makes me feel hungry again.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rifare | infinitive |
| rifacciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rifaccio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rifate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rifai | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rifanno | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rifà | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rifacevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rifacevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rifacevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rifacevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rifacevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rifaceva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rifacemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rifeci | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rifaceste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rifacesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rifecero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rifece | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rifaremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rifarò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rifarete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rifarai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rifaranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rifarà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| rifacciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rifaccia | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| rifacciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rifaccia | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rifacciano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rifaccia | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rifacessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rifacessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rifaceste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rifacessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rifacessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rifacesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rifaremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| rifarei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| rifareste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rifaresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rifarebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rifarebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rifacciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| rifate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| rifai | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| rifacendo | gerund |
| rifatto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Very common for repeating an action: rifare il letto, rifare i compiti. For repeating speech, say ripetere, not rifare.
- Past participle is rifatto. With essere in reflexive forms, it agrees: mi sono rifatta i conti.
- For cosmetic surgery, rifarsi often means "to get work done": si è rifatta il naso. Informal but very common.
- present: rifaccio, rifai, rifà, rifacciamo, rifate, rifanno
- past participle rifatto