Daily Verb Lesson: Italian for fight (each other) is combattersi
The Italian verb for fight (each other) is the reflexive -ERE verb combattersi.... imagine people in the Italian colours fight each other in COMBAT!
Combattersi (per) can also mean: to contend (for).
Related words include:
- combattere (v) : to fight, to combat, to battle, to challenge, to struggle..
- l'combattimento (nm) : battle, combat (military); match, bout (sport).
- la combattività (nf) : fighting spirit.
- combattivo (adj) : combative, hard-fighting, pugnacious.
The meaning of verbs can change when in the Reflexive. They often show action done to each other or between each other, and use the Reflexive Pronoun (mi, ti, si, ci, vi, si). Reflexive verbs also take essere in the compound tenses and the Past Participle agrees in number and gender with the subject.
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Imagine people in the Italian colours fight each other in COMBAT!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Presente fight |
combatto | combatti | combatte | combattiamo | combattete | combattono |
| Past Imperfect Imperfetto fought |
combattevo | combattevi | combatteva | combattevamo | combattevate | combattevano |
| Simple Past Passato remoto fought |
combattei | combattesti | combattè | combattemmo | combatteste | combatterono |
| Future Futuro semplice will fight |
combatterò | combatterai | combatterà | combatteremo | combatterete | combatteranno |
| Conditional Condizionale would fight |
combatterei | combatteresti | combatterebbe | combatteremmo | combattereste | combatterebbero |
| Subjunctive Congiuntivo Presente may batter |
combatta | combatta | combatta | combattiamo | combattiate | combattano |
| Present Perfect Passato Prossimo have fought |
sono combattuto/a | sei combattuto/a | è combattuto/a | siamo combattuti/e | siete combattuti/e | sono combattuti/e |
| Past Perfect Trapassato Prossimo had fought |
ero combattuto/a | eri combattuto/a | era combattuto/a | eravamo combattuti/e | eravate combattuti/e | erano combattuti/e |
| Future Perfect Futuro Anteriore will have fought |
sarò combattuto/a | sarai combattuto/a | sarà combattuto/a | saremo combattuti/e | sarete combattuti/e | saranno combattuti/e |
| Conditional Perfect Condizionale Passato would've fought |
sarei combattuto/a | saresti combattuto/a | sarebbe combattuto/a | saremmo combattuti/e | sareste combattuti/e | sarebbero combattuti/e |
| Perfect Subjunctive Congiuntivo Passato may have fought |
sia combattuto/a | sia combattuto/a | sia combattuto/a | siamo combattuti/e | siate combattuti/e | siano combattuti/e |
| Imperative Imperativo batter! |
combatti! non combatterti |
(non) si combatta! | (non) combattiamoci! | (non) combattetevi! | (non) si combattano! | |
✔ Combattersi is a regular, reflexive -ERE verb.
✔ Learn combattersi and it will reinforce the pattern for many other -ERE verbs.
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