riguardate

Riguardate is a standard Italian verb form derived from riguardare. In ordinary Italian, riguardate is the second-person plural present tense form of riguardare, corresponding to voi riguardate, meaning “you all regard” or “you all concern.” The same spelling also serves as the second-person plural imperative for riguardare, where it functions as an instruction: Riguardate! means “Look again” or “Reconsider!” when addressing a group.

Riguardare is formed from the prefix ri- (again, back) attached to guardare (to look at, to regard). Guardare itself is rooted in Latin videre, “to see,” and the form riguardare therefore shares a common lineage with other Italian verbs built from ri- plus a base verb.

Usage of riguardate is common in everyday speech, instruction manuals, and written signs. As a present-tense form, it is used to describe what a group is doing: “Voi riguardate i dati” (You all regard/consider the data). As an imperative, it issues a command to a group: “Riguardate le istruzioni” (Look at the instructions again). The mood is usually clarified by context and punctuation.

Notes: The lemma of this form is riguardare; riguardate is the specific inflected form for voi in the present tense, with identical spelling used for the imperative. The meaning remains closely tied to perception, consideration, and re-examination.

See also: riguardare, Italian verbs, imperative mood, second-person plural.