Ripara

Ripara is the third-person singular present indicative form of riparare, the Italian verb meaning to repair or mend something that is damaged. It is a transitive verb used with a direct object, as in Il meccanico ripara l’auto. The infinitive is riparare, and the term is commonly employed in everyday and technical contexts to indicate restoring function or condition.

As a regular -are verb, riparare follows standard conjugation patterns. Present tense forms are: io riparo, tu ripari, lui/lei ripara, noi ripariamo, voi riparate, loro riparano. The past participle is riparato; the gerund is riparando; the infinitive is riparare. The verb can appear in compound tenses with avere as the auxiliary, for example, ho riparato la finestra.

Usage and scope: riparare covers a wide range of repairing activities, including mechanical repairs (a car or appliance), structural or architectural fixes (un tetto, una crepa), and clothing mending. It can also be extended to software or systems repair in informal usage, as in riparare un programma or correggere un difetto. In figurative sense, it may denote remedying or redressing a fault or harm, though more precise terms like correggere or rimediare are often preferred in formal writing.

Related terms include riparo, the noun meaning shelter or protection, and riparazione, the noun for the act of repairing. Ripara thus functions as a common, versatile verb in Italian for describing the action of making something whole again.