heypolyglot
Italian

rifornire

/riforˈnire/verbB2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 8,170

Meaning

to supply; refill

  • to provide goods or materials
  • to refill with fuel, stock, or supplies
  • to restock a shop or place

In a sentence

L'azienda rifornisce molti supermercati della zona.

The company supplies many supermarkets in the area.

Chi rifornisce gli scaffali ogni mattina?

Who restocks the shelves every morning?

Non riescono a rifornire il negozio in tempo.

They can't restock the shop in time.

Word forms (48)
WordWord forms
rifornireinfinitive
riforniscoindicative · present · singular · 1st person
rifornisciindicative · present · singular · 2nd person
rifornisceindicative · present · singular · 3rd person
riforniamoindicative · present · plural · 1st person
riforniteindicative · present · plural · 2nd person
rifornisconoindicative · present · plural · 3rd person
rifornivoindicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person
riforniviindicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
rifornivaindicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
rifornivamoindicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person
rifornivateindicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
rifornivanoindicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
riforniiindicative · past · singular · 1st person
rifornistiindicative · past · singular · 2nd person
rifornìindicative · past · singular · 3rd person
rifornimmoindicative · past · plural · 1st person
rifornisteindicative · past · plural · 2nd person
rifornironoindicative · past · plural · 3rd person
riforniròindicative · future · singular · 1st person
riforniraiindicative · future · singular · 2nd person
riforniràindicative · future · singular · 3rd person
riforniremoindicative · future · plural · 1st person
rifornireteindicative · future · plural · 2nd person
rifornirannoindicative · future · plural · 3rd person
riforniscasubjunctive · present · singular · 1st person
riforniscasubjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person
riforniscasubjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person
riforniamosubjunctive · present · plural · 1st person
riforniatesubjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person
riforniscanosubjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person
rifornissisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person
rifornissisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
rifornissesubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
rifornissimosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person
rifornistesubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
rifornisserosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
rifornireiconditional · present · singular · 1st person
riforniresticonditional · present · singular · 2nd person
rifornirebbeconditional · present · singular · 3rd person
riforniremmoconditional · present · plural · 1st person
riforniresteconditional · present · plural · 2nd person
rifornirebberoconditional · present · plural · 3rd person
rifornisciimperative · singular · 2nd person
riforniamoimperative · plural · 1st person
riforniteimperative · plural · 2nd person
rifornendogerund
rifornitopast · participle

Usage notes

  • Common with negozio, scaffale, magazzino, benzinaio.
  • Often used reflexively: rifornirsi di = stock up on.
  • Present forms in -isco: rifornisco, rifornisci.

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