Meaning
to heat, warm up
- to make something warm or hot; to reheat food
- (riscaldarsi) to become warm, or to warm up before physical exercise
In a sentence
Puoi riscaldare la zuppa nel microonde per due minuti?
Can you heat up the soup in the microwave for two minutes?
I termosifoni non riscaldano bene questa stanza.
The radiators do not heat this room well.
Gli atleti si riscaldano sul campo prima della partita.
The athletes warm up on the field before the match.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| riscaldare | infinitive |
| riscaldo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| riscaldi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riscalda | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riscaldiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| riscaldate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riscaldano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riscaldavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riscaldavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riscaldava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riscaldavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riscaldavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riscaldavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riscaldai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| riscaldasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| riscaldò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| riscaldammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| riscaldaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| riscaldarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| riscalderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| riscalderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| riscalderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| riscalderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| riscalderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| riscalderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| riscaldi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| riscaldi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riscaldi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riscaldiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| riscaldiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riscaldino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riscaldassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riscaldassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riscaldasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riscaldassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riscaldaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riscaldassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riscalderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| riscalderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riscalderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riscalderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| riscaldereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riscalderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riscalda | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| riscaldiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| riscaldate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| riscaldando | gerund |
| riscaldato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Largely synonymous with 'scaldare'; 'riscaldare' often specifically denotes reheating previously cooked food.