Meaning
to restore, to revert
- to reactivate
- to reestablish
In a sentence
Puoi ripristinare il telefono alle impostazioni iniziali?
Can you restore the phone to its original settings?
Hanno ripristinato la linea dopo il temporale.
They restored the line after the storm.
Non riesco a ripristinare il mio account.
I can't reactivate my account.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ripristinare | infinitive |
| ripristiniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ripristino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ripristinate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ripristini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ripristinano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ripristina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ripristinavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ripristinavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ripristinavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ripristinavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ripristinavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ripristinava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ripristinammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ripristinai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ripristinaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ripristinasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ripristinarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ripristinò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ripristineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ripristinerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ripristinerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ripristinerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ripristineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ripristinerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ripristiniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ripristini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ripristiniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ripristini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ripristinino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ripristini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ripristinassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ripristinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ripristinaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ripristinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ripristinassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ripristinasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ripristineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ripristinerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ripristinereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ripristineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ripristinerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ripristinerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ripristiniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ripristinate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ripristina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ripristinando | gerund |
| ripristinato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal and technical than restaurare or rimettere a posto; common for systems, settings, services, or legal/administrative situations.
- For computers, ripristinare often means reset or restore from backup; riavviare only means restart, not restore previous state.
- Usually takes avere in compound tenses: ho ripristinato il servizio. Reflexive ripristinarsi is uncommon and sounds technical.