Meaning
to redeem, to ransom
- to pay ransom or a required sum to free someone or reclaim property
- to make up for past failures or regain honour (often reflexive riscattarsi)
- to buy out pension years (riscattare la laurea)
In a sentence
La squadra ha vinto la finale e ha riscattato una stagione deludente.
The team won the final and redeemed a disappointing season.
Vuoi davvero riscattare quegli anni di studio per la pensione?
Do you really want to buy out those study years for your pension?
Dopo il grave errore, si è riscattato con una prestazione eccezionale.
After the serious mistake, he redeemed himself with an exceptional performance.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| riscattare | infinitive |
| riscatto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| riscatti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riscatta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riscattiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| riscattate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riscattano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riscattavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riscattavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riscattava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riscattavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riscattavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riscattavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riscattai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| riscattasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| riscattò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| riscattammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| riscattaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| riscattarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| riscatterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| riscatterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| riscatterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| riscatteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| riscatterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| riscatteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| riscatti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| riscatti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riscatti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riscattiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| riscattiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riscattino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riscattassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riscattassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riscattasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riscattassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riscattaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riscattassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riscatterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| riscatteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riscatterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riscatteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| riscattereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riscatterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riscatta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| riscattiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| riscattate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| riscattando | gerund |
| riscattato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' transitively; reflexive 'riscattarsi' takes 'essere'.