Ristrutturiamo l'appartamento.

Ristrutturiamo is the 1st person plural form of ristrutturare, so it means we renovate or we are renovating, depending on context.

In Italian, the -iamo ending usually tells you the subject is we for -are verbs:

• io ristrutturo = I renovate
• tu ristrutturi = you renovate
• noi ristrutturiamo = we renovate

Italian often does not include the subject pronoun noi because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

Italian commonly drops subject pronouns when they are not needed. Since ristrutturiamo already clearly means we, adding noi is optional.

So both are possible:

• Ristrutturiamo l'appartamento.
• Noi ristrutturiamo l'appartamento.

The version with noi may be used for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

Yes, it can mean both we renovate the apartment and we are renovating the apartment.

Italian simple present often covers both:

• a habitual action: We renovate apartments
• an action happening now: We are renovating the apartment

The exact meaning depends on context. If someone is talking about a current project, Ristrutturiamo l'appartamento would very naturally mean We’re renovating the apartment.

The infinitive is ristrutturare, meaning to renovate or to refurbish.

This is a regular -are verb. The stem is ristruttur-, and -iamo is the we ending in the present tense.

Because appartamento begins with a vowel, il becomes l' before the noun.

So:

• il libro = the book
• l'appartamento = the apartment

This is called elision. The apostrophe shows that the vowel from il has been dropped.

Appartamento is masculine singular.

You can tell because:

• it takes the masculine article l' (from il)
• its singular form ends in -o, which is often masculine in Italian

So:

• l'appartamento = the apartment
• gli appartamenti = the apartments

In standard Italian, you normally need the article here: l'appartamento.

So:

• Ristrutturiamo l'appartamento. = correct
• Ristrutturiamo appartamento. = not standard Italian

Italian uses articles more often than English does, and with a direct object like this, leaving out the article usually sounds wrong unless you are using a very specific style or special construction.

Yes, Italian word order is more flexible than English, though the neutral order here is:

• Ristrutturiamo l'appartamento.

You can change the order for emphasis:

• L'appartamento lo ristrutturiamo. = The apartment, we’re renovating it.

That version emphasizes the apartment. Notice that when the object is moved to the front, Italian often repeats it with a pronoun like lo.

A rough pronunciation is:

ree-stroot-too-RYAH-mo

A few helpful points:

• ri = like ree
• stru = roughly stroo
• tt is a doubled consonant, so hold it slightly longer than a single t
• ia in -iamo sounds like yah
• the stress falls on -ria-: ristruttuRIAmo

And l'appartamento is roughly:

lap-par-ta-MEN-to

with the stress on -men-.

They are related but not the same.

• ristrutturare = to renovate, refurbish, restore, remodel
  This usually suggests major work on a building or room.
• riparare = to repair, fix
  This is more about fixing something broken.

So if you are doing extensive work to improve or modernize an apartment, ristrutturare is the right verb.

Usually, Ristrutturiamo l'appartamento is understood as a statement: We renovate / We are renovating the apartment.

However, in the right context and especially in speech, the present tense can sometimes sound like a suggestion, similar to Let’s renovate the apartment.

That said, a clearer way to say Let’s renovate the apartment would often be:

• Ristrutturiamo l'appartamento! with the right intonation or more explicitly
• Ristrutturiamo l'appartamento, dai.

Italian often uses tone and context to distinguish a plain statement from a suggestion.

Yes. Appartamento is the standard Italian word for what English might call:

• apartment in American English
• flat in British English

So the Italian word stays the same, but the best English translation may change depending on the variety of English being used.