Meaning
to avenge, to revenge, to take revenge for
- to avenge, to revenge
- to retaliate, to take revenge for
In a sentence
Voglio vendicare mio fratello dopo quella bugia.
I want to avenge my brother after that lie.
Non ti vendicare per una cosa così piccola.
Don't take revenge over something so small.
Vuole vendicare la morte di suo padre.
He wants to avenge his father's death.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| vendicare | infinitive |
| vendichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| vendico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| vendicate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| vendichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| vendicano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| vendica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| vendicavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| vendicavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| vendicavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| vendicavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| vendicavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| vendicava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| vendicammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| vendicai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| vendicaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| vendicasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| vendicarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| vendicò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| vendicheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| vendicherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| vendicherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| vendicherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| vendicheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| vendicherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| vendichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| vendichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| vendichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| vendichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| vendichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| vendichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| vendicassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| vendicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| vendicaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| vendicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| vendicassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| vendicasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| vendicheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| vendicherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| vendichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| vendicheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| vendicherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| vendicherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| vendichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| vendicate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| vendica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| vendicando | gerund |
| vendicato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually transitive: vendicare qualcuno/qualcosa. For taking revenge yourself, Italian more often uses vendicarsi di qualcuno.
- Vendicare is literary or elevated in everyday speech. In conversation, speakers often prefer vendicarsi or farla pagare.
- Past participle is vendicato. With vendicarsi, use essere in compound tenses: si è vendicato/a.