contraddire

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin contradīcĕre. By surface analysis, contra- +‎ dire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon.tradˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: con‧trad‧dì‧re
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Verb

contraddìre (first-person singular present contraddìco, first-person singular past historic contraddìssi, past participle contraddétto, first-person singular imperfect contraddicévo, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to contradict
  2. (transitive, figurative) to belie
  3. (intransitive, dated) to contradict
  4. (transitive, archaic) to oppose, to block, to impede

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contraddìre (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive contraddìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund contraddicèndo
present participle contraddicènte past participle contraddétto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present contraddìco contraddìci contraddìce contraddiciàmo contraddìte contraddìcono
imperfect contraddicévo contraddicévi contraddicéva contraddicevàmo contraddicevàte contraddicévano
past historic contraddìssi contraddicésti contraddìsse contraddicémmo contraddicéste contraddìssero
future contraddirò contraddirài contraddirà contraddirémo contraddiréte contraddirànno
conditional contraddirèi contraddirésti contraddirèbbe, contraddirébbe contraddirémmo contraddiréste contraddirèbbero, contraddirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present contraddìca contraddìca contraddìca contraddiciàmo contraddiciàte contraddìcano
imperfect contraddicéssi contraddicéssi contraddicésse contraddicéssimo contraddicéste contraddicéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
contraddìci contraddìca contraddiciàmo contraddìte contraddìcano
negative imperative non contraddìre non contraddìca non contraddiciàmo non contraddìte non contraddìcano

Derived terms

Further reading

  • contraddire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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