Meaning
to overcome, to defeat
In a sentence
La nostra squadra ha sconfitto gli avversari ieri sera.
Our team defeated the opponents last night.
Pensi di poter sconfiggere la paura del buio?
Do you think you can overcome the fear of the dark?
Dobbiamo unire le forze per sconfiggere la povertà.
We must join forces to defeat poverty.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sconfiggere | infinitive |
| sconfiggiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| sconfiggo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| sconfiggete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sconfiggi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sconfiggono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sconfigge | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sconfiggevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sconfiggevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sconfiggevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sconfiggevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sconfiggevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sconfiggeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sconfiggemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| sconfissi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| sconfiggeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| sconfiggesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| sconfissero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| sconfisse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| sconfiggeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| sconfiggerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| sconfiggerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| sconfiggerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| sconfiggeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| sconfiggerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| sconfiggiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| sconfigga | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| sconfiggiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sconfigga | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sconfiggano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sconfigga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sconfiggessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| sconfiggessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| sconfiggeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| sconfiggessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| sconfiggessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| sconfiggesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| sconfiggeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| sconfiggerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| sconfiggereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| sconfiggeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| sconfiggerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| sconfiggerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| sconfiggiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| sconfiggete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| sconfiggi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| sconfiggendo | gerund |
| sconfitto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use sconfiggere mainly for opponents, teams, diseases, or abstract enemies. For simply winning a game, vincere is often more natural.
- It is transitive: sconfiggere qualcuno. Don't say sconfiggere a qualcuno.
- In compound tenses it takes avere: ho sconfitto, not sono sconfitto unless sconfitto is an adjective meaning defeated.
- past participle sconfitto