Meaning
to awaken, wake up
- to revive, rekindle (feelings, memories)
In a sentence
Il rumore della strada mi ha risvegliato presto.
The street noise woke me up early.
Questa musica mi risveglia sempre un po'.
This music always energizes me a little.
Quel profumo ha risvegliato in me ricordi d'infanzia.
That scent rekindled childhood memories in me.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| risvegliare | infinitive |
| risvegliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| risveglio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| risvegliate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| risvegli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| risvegliano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| risveglia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| risvegliavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| risvegliavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| risvegliavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| risvegliavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| risvegliavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| risvegliava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| risvegliammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| risvegliai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| risvegliaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| risvegliasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| risvegliarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| risvegliò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| risveglieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| risveglierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| risveglierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| risveglierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| risveglieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| risveglierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| risvegliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| risvegli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| risvegliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| risvegli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| risveglino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| risvegli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| risvegliassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| risvegliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| risvegliaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| risvegliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| risvegliassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| risvegliasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| risveglieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| risveglierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| risvegliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| risveglieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| risveglierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| risveglierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| risvegliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| risvegliate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| risveglia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| risvegliando | gerund |
| risvegliato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use svegliare for literally waking someone up; risvegliare often sounds more literary, figurative, or like waking again after inactivity.
- Very common reflexive form: risvegliarsi = to wake up. In compound tenses it takes essere: si è risvegliato/a.
- For feelings or memories, risvegliare is more natural than svegliare: risvegliare l'interesse, la nostalgia, vecchi ricordi.