Meaning
to rephrase, reformulate
- To express an idea or question in different words.
- To rethink or redesign a plan, proposal, or hypothesis.
In a sentence
Potresti riformulare la frase in modo più chiaro?
Could you rephrase the sentence more clearly?
Non avendo capito l'obiezione, ho riformulato la mia proposta.
Not having understood the objection, I rephrased my proposal.
Il comitato deve ancora riformulare il regolamento interno.
The committee still has to reformulate the internal regulations.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| riformulare | infinitive |
| riformulo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| riformuli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riformula | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riformuliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| riformulate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riformulano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riformulavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riformulavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riformulava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riformulavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riformulavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riformulavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riformulai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| riformulasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| riformulò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| riformulammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| riformulaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| riformularono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| riformulerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| riformulerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| riformulerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| riformuleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| riformulerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| riformuleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| riformuli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| riformuli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riformuli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riformuliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| riformuliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riformulino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riformulassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riformulassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riformulasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riformulassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riformulaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riformulassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riformulerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| riformuleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riformulerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riformuleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| riformulereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riformulerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riformula | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| riformuliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| riformulate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| riformulando | gerund |
| riformulato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Very common in professional, academic, or formal speaking: 'Potrebbe riformulare la domanda?' (Could you rephrase the question?).
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' and conjugates regularly in -are.