Ritrovo (masculine, plural ritrovi) is the word for meeting place, haunt, or hangout in Italian. More specifically, it refers to a place where several people meet on a regular basis to chat amicably, or to entertain themselves with a common interest.
It comes from the verbs ritrovare (to find again / to recover) and ritrovarsi (to meet again / to end up), both of which are a combination of the repetitive prefix ri- (again) and trovare (to find / meet).
Un tempo quel bar era il ritrovo preferito dei giovani.
That cafe was once the favourite haunt of youngsters.
A night-club is known as ritrovo notturno in Italian.
In addition to a place where people meet, ritrovo can also translate as meeting or get-together itself. Fare ritrovo (lit: to do a meeting) is simply another way of saying ritrovarsi.
Some possible synonyms for ritrovo include:
- adunata = gathering
- incontro = meeting
- raduno = gathering
- luogo di ritrovo = meeting place
If you want to say meeting point in Italian, you can use punto di ritrovo. It is also possible to use the borrowed French term rendez-vous in Italian, just as we do in English.
Heather Broster is a graduate with honours in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario. She is an aspiring polyglot, proficient in English and Italian, as well as Japanese, Welsh, and French to varying degrees of fluency. Originally from Toronto, Heather has resided in various countries, notably Italy for a period of six years. Her primary focus lies in the fields of language acquisition, education, and bilingual instruction.
