Meaning
to issue, to release
- to issue (a document)
- to give (an interview)
- to release (a prisoner)
- to relax (a muscle, etc.)
In a sentence
Il comune rilascia la carta d'identità in giornata.
The town hall issues the ID card the same day.
Hai già rilasciato l'intervista al giornale?
Have you already given the interview to the newspaper?
La polizia ha rilasciato il sospettato per mancanza di prove.
The police released the suspect due to lack of evidence.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rilasciare | infinitive |
| rilasciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rilascio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rilasciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rilasci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rilasciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rilascia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rilasciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rilasciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rilasciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rilasciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rilasciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rilasciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rilasciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rilasciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rilasciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rilasciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rilasciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rilasciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rilasceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rilascerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rilascerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rilascerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rilasceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rilascerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| rilasciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rilasci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| rilasciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
Usage notes
- Use rilasciare for formal acts: documents, permits, statements, interviews. For handing something over physically, prefer consegnare or dare.
- For freeing someone, rilasciare is official or legal. In everyday speech, liberare often sounds more natural.
- With the “relax/loosen” sense, it’s transitive: rilassare is more common for people; rilasciare is common for muscles, tension, brakes, pressure.