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Conjugation of the Italian verb sfidare

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

sfidare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
sfidare	to challenge

Present		Scored
io sfido	I challenge
tu sfidi	you challenge
lui sfida	he challenges
lei sfida	she challenges
noi sfidiamo	we challenge
voi sfidate	you challenge
loro sfidano	they challenge

Imperfect		Scored
io sfidavo	I was challenging
tu sfidavi	you were challenging
lui sfidava	he was challenging
lei sfidava	she was challenging
noi sfidavamo	we were challenging
voi sfidavate	you were challenging
loro sfidavano	they were challenging

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 sfidai	I challenged
tu sfidasti	you challenged
lui sfidò	he challenged
lei sfidò	she challenged
noi sfidammo	we challenged
voi sfidaste	you challenged
loro sfidarono	they challenged

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

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

Future		Scored
io sfiderò	I will challenge
tu sfiderai	you will challenge
lui sfiderà	he will challenge
lei sfiderà	she will challenge
noi sfideremo	we will challenge
voi sfiderete	you will challenge
loro sfideranno	they will challenge

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 sfidato	I will have challenged
tu avrai sfidato	you will have challenged
lui avrà sfidato	he will have challenged
lei avrà sfidato	she will have challenged
noi avremo sfidato	we will have challenged
voi avrete sfidato	you will have challenged
loro avranno sfidato	they will have challenged

Conditional		Scored
io sfiderei	I would challenge
tu sfideresti	you would challenge
lui sfiderebbe	he would challenge
lei sfiderebbe	she would challenge
noi sfideremmo	we would challenge
voi sfidereste	you would challenge
loro sfiderebbero	they would challenge

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 sfidato	I would have challenged
tu avresti sfidato	you would have challenged
lui avrebbe sfidato	he would have challenged
lei avrebbe sfidato	she would have challenged
noi avremmo sfidato	we would have challenged
voi avreste sfidato	you would have challenged
loro avrebbero sfidato	they would have challenged

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sfidi	(... that) I challenge
(... che) tu sfidi	(... that) you challenge
(... che) lui sfidi	(... that) he challenges
(... che) lei sfidi	(... that) she challenges
(... che) noi sfidiamo	(... that) we challenge
(... che) voi sfidiate	(... that) you challenge
(... che) loro sfidino	(... that) they challenge

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sfidassi	(... that) I was challenging
(... che) tu sfidassi	(... that) you were challenging
(... che) lui sfidasse	(... that) he was challenging
(... che) lei sfidasse	(... that) she was challenging
(... che) noi sfidassimo	(... that) we were challenging
(... che) voi sfidaste	(... that) you were challenging
(... che) loro sfidassero	(... that) they were challenging

Imperative		Scored
sfida	Challenge
sfidiamo	Let's challenge
sfidate	Challenge

Present Participle		Scored
sfidante	challenging

Past Participle		Scored
sfidato	challenged

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