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Italian

rincontrare

/rin.konˈtra.re/verbB2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 18,416

Meaning

to meet again

  • to meet, encounter, or run into someone again

In a sentence

Ho rincontrato un vecchio compagno di scuola mentre facevo la spesa.

I ran into an old schoolmate again while I was grocery shopping.

Spero di rincontrarti presto per fare una bella chiacchierata.

I hope to meet you again soon to have a good chat.

Non l'ha più rincontrata da quel giorno.

He hasn't met her again since that day.

Word forms (48)
WordWord forms
rincontrareinfinitive
rincontroindicative · present · singular · 1st person
rincontriindicative · present · singular · 2nd person
rincontraindicative · present · singular · 3rd person
rincontriamoindicative · present · plural · 1st person
rincontrateindicative · present · plural · 2nd person
rincontranoindicative · present · plural · 3rd person
rincontravoindicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person
rincontraviindicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
rincontravaindicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
rincontravamoindicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person
rincontravateindicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
rincontravanoindicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
rincontraiindicative · past · singular · 1st person
rincontrastiindicative · past · singular · 2nd person
rincontròindicative · past · singular · 3rd person
rincontrammoindicative · past · plural · 1st person
rincontrasteindicative · past · plural · 2nd person
rincontraronoindicative · past · plural · 3rd person
rincontreròindicative · future · singular · 1st person
rincontreraiindicative · future · singular · 2nd person
rincontreràindicative · future · singular · 3rd person
rincontreremoindicative · future · plural · 1st person
rincontrereteindicative · future · plural · 2nd person
rincontrerannoindicative · future · plural · 3rd person
rincontrisubjunctive · present · singular · 1st person
rincontrisubjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person
rincontrisubjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person
rincontriamosubjunctive · present · plural · 1st person
rincontriatesubjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person
rincontrinosubjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person
rincontrassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person
rincontrassisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
rincontrassesubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
rincontrassimosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person
rincontrastesubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
rincontrasserosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
rincontrereiconditional · present · singular · 1st person
rincontreresticonditional · present · singular · 2nd person
rincontrerebbeconditional · present · singular · 3rd person
rincontreremmoconditional · present · plural · 1st person
rincontreresteconditional · present · plural · 2nd person
rincontrerebberoconditional · present · plural · 3rd person
rincontraimperative · singular · 2nd person
rincontriamoimperative · plural · 1st person
rincontrateimperative · plural · 2nd person
rincontrandogerund
rincontratopast · participle

Usage notes

  • Takes auxiliary 'avere' in active transitive uses, but frequently used reciprocally ('rincontrarsi') with 'essere'.
  • Very similar to 'rivedere', but 'rincontrare' often highlights meeting by chance or after a long time.

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