Meaning
to discredit
- To damage someone's reputation or the credibility of an idea or claim.
In a sentence
Hanno cercato di screditare le sue scoperte scientifiche con articoli falsi.
They tried to discredit his scientific discoveries with fake articles.
Perché vuoi screditare il mio lavoro davanti a tutta l'azienda?
Why do you want to discredit my work in front of the whole company?
Quella smentita ufficiale non ha screditato del tutto le voci.
That official denial did not completely discredit the rumours.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| screditare | infinitive |
| scredito | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| screditi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scredita | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| screditiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| screditate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| screditano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| screditavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| screditavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| screditava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| screditavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| screditavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| screditavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| screditai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| screditasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| screditò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| screditammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| screditaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| screditarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| screditerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| screditerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| screditerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| screditeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| screditerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| screditeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| screditi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| screditi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| screditi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| screditiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| screditiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| screditino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| screditassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| screditassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| screditasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| screditassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| screditaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| screditassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| screditerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| screditeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| screditerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| screditeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| screditereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| screditerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scredita | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| screditiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| screditate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| screditando | gerund |
| screditato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' as its auxiliary verb.
- The reflexive 'screditarsi' means 'to discredit oneself'.