The Italian verb ridere means "to laugh". Below are its 7 tenses as tables, with the irregular forms marked, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of ridere is io rido, tu ridi, lui/lei ride, noi ridiamo, voi ridete, loro ridono. It is irregular in other tenses, while its present follows the regular -ere pattern. Its gerund is ridendo and its past participle is riso. Its compound tenses are formed with avere. Every present form and 4 example sentences have a listen button.
Forms in orange break the regular -ere pattern.
| io | rido | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | ridi | |
| lui/ | ride | |
| noi | ridiamo | |
| voi | ridete | |
| loro | ridono |
| io | ho riso (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | hai riso (irregular) |
| lui/ | ha riso (irregular) |
| noi | abbiamo riso (irregular) |
| voi | avete riso (irregular) |
| loro | hanno riso (irregular) |
| io | ridevo |
|---|---|
| tu | ridevi |
| lui/ | rideva |
| noi | ridevamo |
| voi | ridevate |
| loro | ridevano |
| io | riderò |
|---|---|
| tu | riderai |
| lui/ | riderà |
| noi | rideremo |
| voi | riderete |
| loro | rideranno |
| io | riderei |
|---|---|
| tu | rideresti |
| lui/ | riderebbe |
| noi | rideremmo |
| voi | ridereste |
| loro | riderebbero |
| che io | rida |
|---|---|
| che tu | rida |
| che lui/ | rida |
| che noi | ridiamo |
| che voi | ridiate |
| che loro | ridano |
| tu | ridi |
|---|---|
| Lei | rida |
| noi | ridiamo |
| voi | ridete |
| loro | ridano |
Ridere is irregular. The present perfect uses the irregular past participle riso in every person, and the table also shows rido and ridono in the present.
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Ridere is irregular. Its past participle is riso, and its present forms include rido and ridono.
The passato prossimo uses avere plus riso: ho riso, hai riso, ha riso, abbiamo riso, avete riso, hanno riso.
The present forms are rido, ridi, ride, ridiamo, ridete, ridono. The first and third person plural forms are ridiamo and ridono.