Significado
to retort, counter
- To reply promptly and sharply to an argument or accusation
- To counter or push back against an attack
Em uma frase
L'avvocato ha saputo controbattere con fermezza a ogni obiezione.
The lawyer was able to counter firmly every objection.
Di fronte a queste prove schiaccianti, non c'è nulla da controbattere.
In the face of this overwhelming evidence, there is nothing to retort.
Perché non hai controbattuto quando ti ha interrotto?
Why didn't you push back when he interrupted you?
Formas da palavra (48)
| Palavra | Formas da palavra |
|---|---|
| controbattere | infinitive |
| controbatto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| controbatti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| controbatte | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| controbattiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| controbattete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| controbattono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| controbattevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| controbattevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| controbatteva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| controbattevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| controbattevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| controbattevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| controbattei | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| controbattesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| controbatté | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| controbattemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| controbatteste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| controbatterono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| controbatterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| controbatterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| controbatterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| controbatteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| controbatterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| controbatteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| controbatta | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| controbatta | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| controbatta | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| controbattiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| controbattiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| controbattano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| controbattessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| controbattessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| controbattesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| controbattessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| controbatteste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| controbattessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| controbatterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| controbatteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| controbatterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| controbatteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| controbattereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| controbatterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| controbatti | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| controbattiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| controbattete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| controbattendo | gerund |
| controbattuto | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Often constructed intransitively with 'a' ('controbattere alle accuse') or transitively ('controbattere un argomento').