sfida

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsfi.da/
  • Rhymes: -ida
  • Hyphenation: sfì‧da

Etymology 1

From disfida, with prefix change from dis- to s-.

Noun

sfida f (plural sfide)

  1. challenge
Descendants
  • Albanian: sfidë

Etymology 2

From s- (intensive prefix) +‎ fida (name of a feudal tax).

Noun

sfida f (plural sfide)

  1. (historical) the compensation due to the municipality for unauthorized grazing on public land

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sfida

  1. inflection of sfidare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Maltese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian sfidare.

Verb

sfida (imperfect jisfida, past participle sfidat, verbal noun sfidar)

  1. to challenge, to defy
Conjugation
    Conjugation of sfida
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m sfidajt sfidajt sfida sfidajna sfidajtu sfidaw
f sfidat
imperfect m nisfida tisfida jisfida nisfidaw tisfidaw jisfidaw
f tisfida
imperative sfida sfidaw

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian sfida.

Noun

sfida f (plural sfidi)

  1. defiance, challenge

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sfidare.

Verb

a sfida (third-person singular present sfidează, past participle sfidat) 1st conj.

  1. to defy

Conjugation