Meaning
to brush up, revive
- To review or refresh forgotten knowledge or skills.
- To bring back or revive something old, neglected, or out of fashion.
- Literally, to dust off again.
In a sentence
Prima di partire voglio rispolverare il mio francese.
Before leaving I want to brush up on my French.
Hanno deciso di rispolverare un vecchio progetto dimenticato.
They decided to revive an old forgotten project.
Non rispolveriamo vecchi rancori adesso, per favore.
Let's not dig up old grudges now, please.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rispolverare | infinitive |
| rispolvero | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rispolveri | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rispolvera | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rispolveriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rispolverate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rispolverano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rispolveravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rispolveravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rispolverava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rispolveravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rispolveravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rispolveravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rispolverai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rispolverasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rispolverò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rispolverammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rispolveraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rispolverarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rispolvererò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rispolvererai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rispolvererà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| rispolvereremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rispolvererete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rispolvereranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rispolveri | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| rispolveri | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rispolveri | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rispolveriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rispolveriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rispolverino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rispolverassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rispolverassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rispolverasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rispolverassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rispolveraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rispolverassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rispolvererei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| rispolvereresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rispolvererebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rispolvereremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| rispolverereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rispolvererebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rispolvera | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| rispolveriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| rispolverate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| rispolverando | gerund |
| rispolverato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Very common metaphorically for brushing up on a language or reviving an old idea.