Meaning
to reform (all senses)
- to reorganize, to shake up
- to discharge from military service
In a sentence
Il governo vuole riformare il sistema scolastico.
The government wants to reform the school system.
Hanno riformato mio zio dopo la visita medica.
They discharged my uncle after the medical exam.
Vuoi riformare la squadra o lasciarla così?
Do you want to shake up the team or leave it like this?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| riformare | infinitive |
| riformiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| riformo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| riformate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riformi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riformano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riforma | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riformavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riformavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riformavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riformavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riformavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riformava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riformammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| riformai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| riformaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| riformasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| riformarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| riformò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| riformeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| riformerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| riformerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| riformerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| riformeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| riformerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| riformiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| riformi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| riformiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riformi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riformino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riformi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riformassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riformassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riformaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riformassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riformassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riformasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riformeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| riformerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| riformereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riformeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riformerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riformerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riformiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| riformate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| riforma | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| riformando | gerund |
| riformato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often used for laws, institutions, or systems. For a person improving themselves, prefer migliorare or cambiare, not usually riformare.
- Riformare is more formal and structural than cambiare. It suggests planned institutional change, not just any modification.
- With the military sense, it commonly appears as essere riformato: he was discharged as unfit. This use is bureaucratic and context-specific.