riportare

Riportare is an Italian transitive verb of the first conjugation. It covers several related actions connected to bringing something back or conveying information. The main senses are: to return an object to its owner, origin, or rightful place; to bring something back physically, as in returning a loan or item to someone else; to report or relay facts, events, or data; to quote or reproduce a passage or information in writing; and to restore or revive a tradition, state, or situation.

As a transitive verb, riportare requires a direct object and is used with various complements depending on meaning. In phrases of return, it can combine with explicit destination, such as riportare a casa or riportare l’oggetto al mittente. In reporting or citing, it governs what is being conveyed, for example riportare i dati, riportare una notizia, riportare una citazione. In sense of revival, it can denote reinstating practices or tradizioni, as in riportare una tradizione.

Etymology traces riportare to ri- plus portare, meaning “to carry back” or “to bring back.” The prefix ri- signals returning to a prior state or position and is common in Italian verb formation. The verb is regular in conjugation: present tense io riporto, tu riporti, lui riporta, noi riportWe, voi riportate, loro riportano; passato prossimo ho riportato, hai riportato, ha riportato, abbiamo riportato, avete riportato, hanno riportato; gerundio riportando; participio riportato.

Riportare is widely used in journalism, law, academia, and everyday speech, reflecting both physical restitution and the relay of information.