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1 contendere
1. v/t : contendere qualcosa a qualcuno compete with someone for something2. v/i ( competere) contend* * *contendere v.tr. to contend for (sthg.); to contest; to refuse, to deny: nessuno gli contende i suoi diritti, no one would deny him his rights; le nostre truppe contendevano la collina al nemico, our troops contested the hill with the enemy◆ v. intr. to contest, to quarrel, to struggle, to contend: contendevano per motivi di interesse, they quarrelled with each other because their personal interests clashed; contendere con qlcu. per la vittoria, to struggle for victory over s.o.; (dir.) materia del contendere, matter of issue.◘ contendersi v.rifl.rec. to contend for (sthg.), to compete for (sthg.): si contendevano il posto, they competed for the post.* * *1. [kon'tɛndere]vb irreg vtcontendere qc a qn — to contend with o be in competition with sb for sth
si contendevano l'affetto della madre — they were vying with each other for their mother's affection
2. vicontendere per qc — to quarrel over o about sth
* * *[kon'tɛndere] 1.verbo transitivo to dispute2.contendere qcs. a qcn. — to contend with sb. for sth
1) (gareggiare) to compete, to contend2) (litigare) to dispute, to quarrel3.verbo pronominale contendersi to contend for, to compete for [seggio, primo posto]* * *contendere/kon'tεndere/ [10]to dispute; contendere qcs. a qcn. to contend with sb. for sth.(aus. avere)1 (gareggiare) to compete, to contend2 (litigare) to dispute, to quarrelIII contendersi verbo pronominaleto contend for, to compete for [seggio, primo posto].
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