Also means
to redevelop
Usage Note
Riqualificare has two main uses: retraining workers (riqualificare i lavoratori) and urban or building redevelopment (riqualificare un quartiere, 'to redevelop a neighborhood'). Both senses involve upgrading or improving something to meet new standards. It conjugates regularly as a first-conjugation (-are) verb; the reflexive riqualificarsi means 'to retrain oneself' or 'to reinvent oneself professionally'.
Examples
"Il comune vuole riqualificare il centro storico."
Natural Translation
The municipality wants to redevelop the historic center.
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