Meaning
to quarrel, to fight, to argue [with con ‘with someone’]
- to argue, quarrel
- to fall out, break up after a quarrel
In a sentence
Non voglio litigare con te per una sciocchezza.
I don't want to argue with you over something silly.
Hai litigato con Marco ieri sera?
Did you argue with Marco last night?
Dopo mesi di tensione, hanno litigato e si sono lasciati.
After months of tension, they fought and broke up.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| litigare | infinitive |
| litighiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| litigo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| litigate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| litighi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| litigano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| litiga | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| litigavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| litigavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| litigavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| litigavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| litigavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| litigava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| litigammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| litigai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| litigaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| litigasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| litigarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| litigò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| litigheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| litigherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| litigherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| litigherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| litigheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| litigherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| litighiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| litighi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| litighiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| litighi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| litighino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| litighi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| litigassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| litigassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| litigaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| litigassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| litigassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| litigasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| litigheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| litigherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| litighereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| litigheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| litigherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| litigherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| litighiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| litigate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| litiga | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| litigando | gerund |
| litigato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use litigare for verbal conflict; for physical fighting, Italians more often say picchiarsi or fare a botte.
- With a person, use con: litigare con mio fratello. With the topic/cause, use per: litigare per soldi.
- For couples or friends, litigare can imply a rupture, but lasciarsi or non parlarsi anymore is clearer if the relationship actually ended.