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ITALIAN VERB

rischiare

to risk

  • #259 most used
  • Irregular -are verb
  • Past participle: rischiato
  • Gerund: rischiando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. io I risk
  2. tu you risk
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she risks
  4. noi we risk
  5. voi you all risk
  6. loro they risk

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

  1. io I risked
  2. tu you risked
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she risked
  4. noi we risked
  5. voi you all risked
  6. loro they risked

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. io I used to risk
  2. tu you used to risk
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she used to risk
  4. noi we used to risk
  5. voi you all used to risk
  6. loro they used to risk

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

  1. io I will risk
  2. tu you will risk
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she will risk
  4. noi we will risk
  5. voi you all will risk
  6. loro they will risk

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

  1. io I would risk
  2. tu you would risk
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she would risk
  4. noi we would risk
  5. voi you all would risk
  6. loro they would risk

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

  1. io (that) I risk
  2. tu (that) you risk
  3. lui, lei, Lei (that) he/she risk
  4. noi (that) we risk
  5. voi (that) you all risk
  6. loro (that) they risk

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders: tu, Lei, noi, voi

  1. tu risk!
  2. Lei risk! (formal)
  3. noi risk! (let’s)
  4. voi risk! (all of you)

How to use rischiare

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Se corri così, rischi di cadere.

    If you run like that, you risk falling.

  2. Past

    Ho rischiato di perdere il treno stamattina.

    I nearly missed the train this morning.

  3. Imperfect

    Rischiavamo di restare senza benzina.

    We were in danger of running out of petrol.

  4. Future

    Senza prenotazione rischierai di non trovare posto.

    Without a booking you'll risk not finding a seat.

  5. Conditional

    Non rischierei tutti i risparmi in un'idea.

    I wouldn't risk all my savings on one idea.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Non voglio che tu rischi la vita per una foto.

    I don't want you to risk your life for a photo.

  7. Imperative

    Non rischiare, prendi l'ombrello e il cappotto.

    Don't take the risk, take the umbrella and the coat.

Good to know

  • Rischiare di is to risk doing, and often "to nearly": ho rischiato di cadere, I nearly fell.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -are verb.