ricordano

Ricordano is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Italian verb ricordare, which generally means to remember or to remind. As a finite verb form, ricordano is used when the subject of the sentence is a plural noun or pronoun (they remember).

Conjugation in the present tense for ricordare is: io ricordo, tu ricordi, lui/lei ricorda, noi ricordiamo, voi ricordate, loro ricordano. This form appears in sentences such as Gli studenti ricordano le date della rivoluzione, meaning “The students remember the dates.”

The primary meaning of ricordare is to recall or retain in memory. In Italian, the verb can also express the act of reminding, depending on the construction and context, often with additional elements that specify what is being reminded or who is being reminded. For example, the sense of prompting a memory can be conveyed with other parts of the sentence, while the verb form concords with the subject.

Etymology wise, ricordare derives from Latin recordāre/recordārī, meaning to recall or remember, via the Italian development of the verb ricordare. The form ricordano, like other present-tense forms of ricordare, reflects standard Italian verb conjugation for the third-person plural.

In usage, ricordano appears in everyday Italian to describe groups of people or things that collectively remember something, such as a class, a team, or a set of memories. It is a common, neutral form appropriate for both written and spoken language. See also memory and remembrance as related concepts in language studies.