Meaning
to find again, to find
- to recover, regain
- to meet (again)
- to have
In a sentence
Ho ritrovato le chiavi sotto il divano.
I found the keys again under the couch.
Quando ci ritroviamo per un caffè?
When are we meeting again for a coffee?
Dopo le vacanze ho ritrovato la voglia di studiare.
After the vacation, I regained the motivation to study.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ritrovare | infinitive |
| ritroviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ritrovo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ritrovate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ritrovi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ritrovano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ritrova | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ritrovavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ritrovavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ritrovavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ritrovavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ritrovavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ritrovava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ritrovammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ritrovai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ritrovaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ritrovasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ritrovarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ritrovò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ritroveremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ritroverò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ritroverete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ritroverai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ritroveranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ritroverà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ritroviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ritrovi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ritroviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ritrovi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ritrovino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ritrovi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ritrovassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ritrovassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ritrovaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ritrovassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ritrovassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ritrovasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ritroveremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ritroverei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ritrovereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ritroveresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ritroverebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ritroverebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ritroviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ritrovate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ritrova | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ritrovando | gerund |
| ritrovato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use ritrovare for finding something again or recovering a state; trovare is the neutral everyday verb for simply finding.
- For people, ritrovarsi is often more natural than ritrovare: Ci siamo ritrovati dopo anni = We met again after years.
- As a transitive verb, it takes avere: ho ritrovato le chiavi. Reflexive ritrovarsi takes essere: ci siamo ritrovati.