Meaning
to trace, to track down, to run down, to find, to contact
In a sentence
Non riesco a rintracciare Marco da ieri.
I can't get hold of Marco since yesterday.
Hai rintracciato il pacco che aspettavi?
Did you track down the package you were waiting for?
La polizia ha rintracciato il testimone in serata.
The police tracked down the witness in the evening.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rintracciare | infinitive |
| rintracciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rintraccio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rintracciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rintracci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rintracciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rintraccia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rintracciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rintracciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rintracciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rintracciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rintracciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rintracciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rintracciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rintracciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rintracciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rintracciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rintracciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rintracciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rintracceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rintraccerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rintraccerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rintraccerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rintracceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rintraccerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| rintracciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rintracci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| rintracciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rintracci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rintraccino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rintracci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rintracciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rintracciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rintracciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rintracciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rintracciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rintracciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rintracceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| rintraccerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| rintraccereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rintracceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rintraccerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rintraccerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rintracciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| rintracciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| rintraccia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| rintracciando | gerund |
| rintracciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use rintracciare for locating someone/something after difficulty; trovare is broader and more neutral.
- Often used in police, administrative, or technical contexts; less casual than trovare or beccare.
- It takes avere in compound tenses: ho rintracciato, not sono rintracciato.