competere

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See also: competeré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin competere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /komˈpɛ.te.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtere
  • Hyphenation: com‧pè‧te‧re

Verb

compètere (first-person singular present compèto, first-person singular past historic competéi, no past participle) (intransitive)

  1. to compete, vie, rival
    Synonyms: gareggiare, rivaleggiare
  2. to be due, be owing, have a right to
    Synonyms: spettare, essere dovuto
  3. to be up to, lie with, be somebody's duty
    Synonyms: spettare, essere compito

Conjugation

    Conjugation of compètere (root-stressed -ere; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive compètere
auxiliary verb — gerund competèndo
present participle competènte past participle —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present compèto compèti compète competiàmo competéte compètono
imperfect competévo competévi competéva competevàmo competevàte competévano
past historic competéi competésti competé competémmo competéste competérono
future competerò competerài competerà competerémo competeréte competerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present competerèi competerésti competerèbbe, competerébbe competerémmo competeréste competerèbbero, competerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present compèta compèta compèta competiàmo competiàte compètano
imperfect competéssi competéssi competésse competéssimo competéste competéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
compèti compèta competiàmo competéte compètano
negative imperative non compètere non compèta non competiàmo non competéte non compètano
Related terms

Latin

Verb

competēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of competō

Verb

competere

  1. inflection of competō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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