heypolyglot
Italian

riscuotere

/risˈkwɔ.te.re/verbB1
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Meaning

to shake again or more forcefully

  • to collect, to receive (payment, rent)
  • to win, to meet with (success, praise)
  • to withdraw (money)
  • to rouse, to awaken

In a sentence

Hai già riscosso l'affitto di questo mese?

Have you already collected this month's rent?

La notizia ha riscosso molto interesse online.

The news got a lot of interest online.

Non riesco a riscuotere mio fratello dal sonno.

I can't wake my brother from sleep.

Word forms (48)
WordWord forms
riscuotereinfinitive
riscuotiamoindicative · present · plural · 1st person
riscuotoindicative · present · singular · 1st person
riscuoteteindicative · present · plural · 2nd person
riscuotiindicative · present · singular · 2nd person
riscuotonoindicative · present · plural · 3rd person
riscuoteindicative · present · singular · 3rd person
riscuotevamoindicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person
riscuotevoindicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person
riscuotevateindicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
riscuoteviindicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
riscuotevanoindicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
riscuotevaindicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
riscuotemmoindicative · past · plural · 1st person
riscossiindicative · past · singular · 1st person
riscuotesteindicative · past · plural · 2nd person
riscuotestiindicative · past · singular · 2nd person
riscosseroindicative · past · plural · 3rd person
riscosseindicative · past · singular · 3rd person
riscuoteremoindicative · future · plural · 1st person
riscuoteròindicative · future · singular · 1st person
riscuotereteindicative · future · plural · 2nd person
riscuoteraiindicative · future · singular · 2nd person
riscuoterannoindicative · future · plural · 3rd person
riscuoteràindicative · future · singular · 3rd person
riscuotiamosubjunctive · present · plural · 1st person
riscuotasubjunctive · present · singular · 1st person
riscuotiatesubjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person
riscuotasubjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person
riscuotanosubjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person
riscuotasubjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person
riscuotessimosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person
riscuotessisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person
riscuotestesubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person
riscuotessisubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person
riscuotesserosubjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person
riscuotessesubjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person
riscuoteremmoconditional · present · plural · 1st person
riscuotereiconditional · present · singular · 1st person
riscuoteresteconditional · present · plural · 2nd person
riscuoteresticonditional · present · singular · 2nd person
riscuoterebberoconditional · present · plural · 3rd person
riscuoterebbeconditional · present · singular · 3rd person
riscuotiamoimperative · plural · 1st person
riscuoteteimperative · plural · 2nd person
riscuotiimperative · singular · 2nd person
riscuotendogerund
riscossopast · participle

Usage notes

  • For money owed, taxes, fees, or rent, use riscuotere. For physically picking up money, prefer prelevare or ritirare.
  • Riscuotere successo/simpatia is very common: it means to gain or attract, not literally to collect.
  • It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ha riscosso le tasse, ha riscosso successo.
  • past participle riscosso

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