Meaning
to risk, to jeopardize
- to risk (doing something) [with di (+ infinitive)]
- for there to be a risk, to threaten [with di (+ infinitive)]
In a sentence
Se corri così, rischi di cadere.
If you run like that, you risk falling.
Hai rischiato tutto per quel lavoro?
Did you risk everything for that job?
Non rischiare di perdere il treno.
Don't risk missing the train.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rischiare | infinitive |
| rischiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rischio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rischiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rischi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rischiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rischia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rischiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rischiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rischiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rischiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rischiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rischiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rischiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rischiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rischiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rischiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rischiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rischiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rischieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rischierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rischierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rischierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rischieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rischierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| rischiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rischi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| rischiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rischi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rischino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rischi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rischiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rischiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rischiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rischiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rischiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rischiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rischieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| rischierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| rischiereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rischieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rischierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rischierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rischiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| rischiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| rischia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| rischiando | gerund |
| rischiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use rischiare for both literal and figurative danger; azzardare is more about daring or taking a bold chance.
- With an infinitive, use di: rischiare di perdere, not *rischiare perdere.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ho rischiato di cadere.