Meaning
fish out, dig up
- to retrieve or pull something out of water or a container
- to dig up, retrieve, or recall something forgotten or discarded
- to readmit a disqualified or eliminated competitor (in sports or contests)
In a sentence
Ha fatto cadere le chiavi nel tombino ed è riuscito a ripescarle.
He dropped his keys down the drain and managed to fish them out.
Hanno ripescato una vecchia legge dimenticata da decenni.
They dug up an old law forgotten for decades.
La squadra sconfitta è stata ripescata per disputare la semifinale.
The defeated team was readmitted to play the semifinal.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ripescare | infinitive |
| ripesco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ripeschi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ripesca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ripeschiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ripescate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ripescano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ripescavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ripescavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ripescava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ripescavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ripescavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ripescavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ripescai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ripescasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ripescò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ripescammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ripescaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ripescarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ripescherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ripescherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ripescherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ripescheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ripescherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ripescheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ripeschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ripeschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ripeschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ripeschiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ripeschiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ripeschino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ripescassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ripescassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ripescasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ripescassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ripescaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ripescassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ripescherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ripescheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ripescherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ripescheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ripeschereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ripescherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ripesca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ripeschiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ripescate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ripescando | gerund |
| ripescato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Spelling note: takes an 'h' before 'e' and 'i' (ripeschi, ripeschiamo) to keep the hard /k/ sound.
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.