Meaning
to compete
- to strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others
- to pertain to, belong to (formal: competere a)
In a sentence
La nostra azienda può competere con i grandi marchi internazionali.
Our company can compete with major international brands.
Molti atleti competono per vincere la medaglia d'oro.
Many athletes compete to win the gold medal.
Non possiamo competere sui prezzi con questi giganti del mercato.
We cannot compete on prices with these market giants.
Word forms (47)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| competere | infinitive |
| competo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| competi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| compete | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| competiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| competete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| competono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| competevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| competevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| competeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| competevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| competevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| competevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| competei | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| competesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| competé | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| competemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| competeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| competerono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| competerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| competerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| competerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| competeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| competerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| competeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| competa | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| competa | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| competa | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| competiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| competiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| competano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| competessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| competessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| competesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| competessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| competeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| competessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| competerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| competeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| competerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| competeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| competereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| competerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| competi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| competiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| competete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| competendo | gerund |
Usage notes
- Defective: lacks a widely accepted past participle; compound tenses with avere are avoided (use gareggiare instead).
- Usually followed by con (with/against) or per (for).