Meaning
lift spirits, revive
- To lift up again physically
- To boost or revive someone's spirits, morale, or mood
- To restore or improve a difficult financial or economic situation
In a sentence
Una bella passeggiata è servita a risollevarle il morale.
A nice walk served to lift her spirits.
Le nuove riforme riusciranno davvero a risollevare le finanze pubbliche?
Will the new reforms really manage to revive public finances?
Non siamo riusciti a risollevare l'umore di Marco nonostante le nostre battute.
We didn't manage to cheer Marco up despite our jokes.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| risollevare | infinitive |
| risollevo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| risollevi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| risolleva | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| risolleviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| risollevate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| risollevano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| risollevavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| risollevavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| risollevava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| risollevavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| risollevavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| risollevavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| risollevai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| risollevasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| risollevò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| risollevammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| risollevaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| risollevarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| risolleverò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| risolleverai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| risolleverà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| risolleveremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| risolleverete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| risolleveranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| risollevi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| risollevi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| risollevi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| risolleviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| risolleviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| risollevino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| risollevassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| risollevassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| risollevasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| risollevassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| risollevaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| risollevassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| risolleverei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| risolleveresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| risolleverebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| risolleveremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| risollevereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| risolleverebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| risolleva | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| risolleviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| risollevate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| risollevando | gerund |
| risollevato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often takes abstract objects like 'il morale', 'gli animi', or 'l'economia'.
- In the reflexive form 'risollevarsi', it means to get back on one's feet or recover.