Meaning
to bounce, rebound
- To hit a surface and bounce back or away.
- Figuratively, to ricochet or circulate rapidly (e.g. news, rumours).
In a sentence
La palla è rimbalzata contro il muro ed è finita in strada.
The ball bounced against the wall and ended up in the street.
La notizia è rimbalzata subito su tutti i social network.
The news bounced immediately across all social networks.
Se lanci la pietra con forza, rimbalzerà sull'acqua?
If you throw the stone hard, will it skip on the water?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rimbalzare | infinitive |
| rimbalzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rimbalzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rimbalza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rimbalziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rimbalzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rimbalzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rimbalzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rimbalzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rimbalzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rimbalzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rimbalzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rimbalzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rimbalzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rimbalzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rimbalzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rimbalzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rimbalzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rimbalzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rimbalzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rimbalzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rimbalzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| rimbalzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rimbalzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rimbalzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rimbalzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| rimbalzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rimbalzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rimbalziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rimbalziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rimbalzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rimbalzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rimbalzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rimbalzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rimbalzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rimbalzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rimbalzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rimbalzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| rimbalzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rimbalzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rimbalzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| rimbalzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rimbalzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rimbalza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| rimbalziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| rimbalzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| rimbalzando | gerund |
| rimbalzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'essere' when expressing motion resulting in a bounce (e.g. 'la palla è rimbalzata'), occasionally 'avere' for the action itself.