contendere

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See also: contenderé

Italian

Etymology

From Latin contendere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtɛn.de.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndere
  • Hyphenation: con‧tèn‧de‧re

Verb

contèndere (first-person singular present contèndo, first-person singular past historic contési, past participle contéso, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to contend, to dispute

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contèndere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive contèndere
auxiliary verb avére gerund contendèndo
present participle contendènte past participle contéso
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present contèndo contèndi contènde contendiàmo contendéte contèndono
imperfect contendévo contendévi contendéva contendevàmo contendevàte contendévano
past historic contési contendésti contése contendémmo contendéste contésero
future contenderò contenderài contenderà contenderémo contenderéte contenderànno
conditional contenderèi contenderésti contenderèbbe, contenderébbe contenderémmo contenderéste contenderèbbero, contenderébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present contènda contènda contènda contendiàmo contendiàte contèndano
imperfect contendéssi contendéssi contendésse contendéssimo contendéste contendéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
contèndi contènda contendiàmo contendéte contèndano
negative imperative non contèndere non contènda non contendiàmo non contendéte non contèndano

Derived terms

Latin

Verb

contendēre

  1. inflection of contendō:
    1. third-person plural perfect active indicative
    2. second-person singular future passive indicative

Verb

contendere

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