litigare
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See also: litigaré
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin lītigāre. Compare Spanish lidiar and Portuguese lidar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]litigàre (first-person singular present lìtigo, first-person singular past historic litigài, past participle litigàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to quarrel, to fight, to argue [with con ‘with someone’] [auxiliary avere]
- Synonyms: accapigliarsi, abbaruffarsi, lottare, rissare
- Litigano sempre per i soldi.
- They are always arguing about money.
- (intransitive, rare) to fight [with per ‘over a legal case, an inheritance, etc.’] [auxiliary avere]
- Synonyms: fare causa, muovere causa, essere in causa
- (intransitive) to break up (of people in a romantic relationship) [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to break off a friendship (of friends) [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive, uncommon) to dispute, to contest (an issue) [with a ‘with someone’]
- Synonyms: contendere, disputare
Usage notes
[edit]- This is a false friend. English "litigate" is rendered by intentare.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of litigàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- litigare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- litigare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]lītigāre
- inflection of lītigō:
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]litigare
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