litigare

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See also: litigaré

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lītigāre. Compare Spanish lidiar and Portuguese lidar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.tiˈɡa.re/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: li‧ti‧gà‧re

Verb

litigàre (first-person singular present lìtigo, first-person singular past historic litigài, past participle litigàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to quarrel, to fight, to argue
    Synonyms: accapigliarsi, abbaruffarsi, lottare, rissare
    Litigano sempre per i soldi.
    They are always arguing about money.
  2. (intransitive, rare) to fight
    Synonyms: fare causa, muovere causa, essere in causa
  3. (intransitive) to break up (of people in a romantic relationship)
  4. (intransitive) to break off a friendship (of friends)
  5. (transitive, uncommon) to dispute, to contest (an issue)
    Synonyms: contendere, disputare

Usage notes

  • This is a false friend. English "litigate" is rendered by intentare.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of litigàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive litigàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund litigàndo
present participle litigànte past participle litigàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present lìtigo lìtighi lìtiga litighiàmo litigàte lìtigano
imperfect litigàvo litigàvi litigàva litigavàmo litigavàte litigàvano
past historic litigài litigàsti litigò litigàmmo litigàste litigàrono
future litigherò litigherài litigherà litigherémo litigheréte litigherànno
conditional litigherèi litigherésti litigherèbbe, litigherébbe litigherémmo litigheréste litigherèbbero, litigherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present lìtighi lìtighi lìtighi litighiàmo litighiàte lìtighino
imperfect litigàssi litigàssi litigàsse litigàssimo litigàste litigàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
lìtiga lìtighi litighiàmo litigàte lìtighino
negative imperative non litigàre non lìtighi non litighiàmo non litigàte non lìtighino

Derived terms

Further reading

  • litigare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • litigare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

lītigāre

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

Spanish

Verb

litigare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of litigar
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