Ricordare

Ricordare is an Italian verb meaning to remember or to recall. It can express that a person recalls a memory, a fact, or an event, as in "Ricordo quel giorno" (I remember that day). It can also be used to indicate reminding someone of something, typically with the form ricordare + people + di + something, for example "Ti ricorderò di pagare la bolletta" (I will remind you to pay the bill).

The verb frequently appears in reflexive form as ricordarsi, meaning "to remember (to do something)" or "to recall that something happened." In this use, di introduces the remembered matter: "Mi ricordo di quel viaggio" (I remember that trip) or "Mi ricordo di averlo visto" (I remember having seen him). The expression "ricordarsi di" is common for remembering to take an action.

Conjugation and forms: ricordare is a regular -are verb. Present indicative: io ricordo, tu ricordi, lui/lei ricorda, noi ricordiamo, voi ricordate, loro ricordano. Passato prossimo: ho ricordato, hai ricordato, ha ricordato, abbiamo ricordato, avete ricordato, hanno ricordato. Imperfetto: ricordavo, ricordavi, ricordava, ricordavamo, ricordavate, ricordavano. The gerund is ricordando, and the past participle is ricordato. The verb also forms the usual subjunctive and conditional paradigms like other -are verbs.

Etymology and related terms: ricorder is derived from Latin recordari, related to recordatione and recordatio, sharing the general sense of recalling or remembering. Related Italian terms include ricordo (noun, memory) and rammentare (synonym with a nuance of nudging memory back to awareness).

See also: memoria, ricordo, rammentare.