Meaning
to manage, to succeed
- to manage, to succeed, to be able
- to turn out, to end up
In a sentence
Non riesco a trovare le chiavi di casa.
I can't find the house keys.
Sei riuscito a finire il lavoro ieri?
Did you manage to finish the work yesterday?
Alla fine il viaggio è riuscito bene.
In the end, the trip turned out well.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| riuscire | infinitive |
| riusciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| riesco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| riuscite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riesci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riescono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riesce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riuscivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riuscivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riuscivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riuscivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riuscivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riusciva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riuscimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| riuscii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| riusciste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| riuscisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| riuscirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| riuscì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| riusciremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| riuscirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| riuscirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| riuscirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| riusciranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| riuscirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| riusciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| riesca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| riusciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riesca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riescano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riesca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riuscissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| riuscissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| riusciste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| riuscissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| riuscissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| riuscisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| riusciremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| riuscirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| riuscireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| riusciresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| riuscirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| riuscirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| riusciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| riuscite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| riesci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| riuscendo | gerund |
| riuscito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use 'riuscire' for ability with effort; 'potere' is for permission or possibility. 'Riuscire' implies trying.
- Always takes 'essere' as auxiliary in compound tenses (e.g., 'sono riuscito'). Never use 'avere'.
- Follow with 'a' + infinitive (e.g., 'riesco a dormire'). Common mistake: using 'di' instead of 'a'.
- present: riesco, riesci, riesce, riusciamo, riuscite, riescono