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Conjugation of the Italian verb pretendere

A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb pretendere, along with their English translations.

pretendere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
pretendere	to claim

Present		Scored
io pretendo	I claim
tu pretendi	you claim
lui pretende	he claims
lei pretende	she claims
noi pretendiamo	we claim
voi pretendete	you claim
loro pretendono	they claim

Imperfect		Scored
io pretendevo	I was claiming
tu pretendevi	you were claiming
lui pretendeva	he was claiming
lei pretendeva	she was claiming
noi pretendevamo	we were claiming
voi pretendevate	you were claiming
loro pretendevano	they were claiming

Past Historic / Passato remoto This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passato Prossimo is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
io pretesi	I claimed
tu pretendesti	you claimed
lui pretese	he claimed
lei pretese	she claimed
noi pretendemmo	we claimed
voi pretendeste	you claimed
loro pretesero	they claimed

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io ho preteso	I claimed
tu hai preteso	you claimed
lui ha preteso	he claimed
lei ha preteso	she claimed
noi abbiamo preteso	we claimed
voi avete preteso	you claimed
loro hanno preteso	they claimed

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io avevo preteso	I had claimed
tu avevi preteso	you had claimed
lui aveva preteso	he had claimed
lei aveva preteso	she had claimed
noi avevamo preteso	we had claimed
voi avevate preteso	you had claimed
loro avevano preteso	they had claimed

Future		Scored
io pretenderò	I will claim
tu pretenderai	you will claim
lui pretenderà	he will claim
lei pretenderà	she will claim
noi pretenderemo	we will claim
voi pretenderete	you will claim
loro pretenderanno	they will claim

Future Perfect / Futuro anteriore The Italian Future Perfect or Futuro anteriore is made with the future tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrò preteso	I will have claimed
tu avrai preteso	you will have claimed
lui avrà preteso	he will have claimed
lei avrà preteso	she will have claimed
noi avremo preteso	we will have claimed
voi avrete preteso	you will have claimed
loro avranno preteso	they will have claimed

Conditional		Scored
io pretenderei	I would claim
tu pretenderesti	you would claim
lui pretenderebbe	he would claim
lei pretenderebbe	she would claim
noi pretenderemmo	we would claim
voi pretendereste	you would claim
loro pretenderebbero	they would claim

Conditional Perfect / Condizionale Passato The Italian Conditional Perfect or Condizionale Passato is made with the conditional tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrei preteso	I would have claimed
tu avresti preteso	you would have claimed
lui avrebbe preteso	he would have claimed
lei avrebbe preteso	she would have claimed
noi avremmo preteso	we would have claimed
voi avreste preteso	you would have claimed
loro avrebbero preteso	they would have claimed

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io pretenda	(... that) I claim
(... che) tu pretenda	(... that) you claim
(... che) lui pretenda	(... that) he claims
(... che) lei pretenda	(... that) she claims
(... che) noi pretendiamo	(... that) we claim
(... che) voi pretendiate	(... that) you claim
(... che) loro pretendano	(... that) they claim

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io pretendessi	(... that) I was claiming
(... che) tu pretendessi	(... that) you were claiming
(... che) lui pretendesse	(... that) he was claiming
(... che) lei pretendesse	(... that) she was claiming
(... che) noi pretendessimo	(... that) we were claiming
(... che) voi pretendeste	(... that) you were claiming
(... che) loro pretendessero	(... that) they were claiming

Imperative		Scored
pretendi	Claim
pretendiamo	Let's claim
pretendete	Claim

Present Participle		Scored
pretendente	claiming

Past Participle		Scored
preteso	claimed

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