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Conjugation of the Italian verb contrastare

A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb contrastare, along with their English translations.

contrastare is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
contrastare	to counter

Present		Scored
io contrasto	I counter
tu contrasti	you counter
lui contrasta	he counters
lei contrasta	she counters
noi contrastiamo	we counter
voi contrastate	you counter
loro contrastano	they counter

Imperfect		Scored
io contrastavo	I was countering
tu contrastavi	you were countering
lui contrastava	he was countering
lei contrastava	she was countering
noi contrastavamo	we were countering
voi contrastavate	you were countering
loro contrastavano	they were countering

Past Historic / Passato remoto This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passato Prossimo is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
io contrastai	I countered
tu contrastasti	you countered
lui contrastò	he countered
lei contrastò	she countered
noi contrastammo	we countered
contrastaste	you countered
loro contrastarono	they countered

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io ho contrastato	I countered
tu hai contrastato	you countered
lui ha contrastato	he countered
lei ha contrastato	she countered
noi abbiamo contrastato	we countered
voi avete contrastato	you countered
loro hanno contrastato	they countered

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io avevo contrastato	I had countered
tu avevi contrastato	you had countered
lui aveva contrastato	he had countered
lei aveva contrastato	she had countered
noi avevamo contrastato	we had countered
voi avevate contrastato	you had countered
loro avevano contrastato	they had countered

Future		Scored
io contrasterò	I will counter
tu contrasterai	you will counter
lui contrasterà	he will counter
lei contrasterà	she will counter
noi contrasteremo	we will counter
voi contrasterete	you will counter
loro contrasteranno	they will counter

Future Perfect / Futuro anteriore The Italian Future Perfect or Futuro anteriore is made with the future tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrò contrastato	I will have countered
tu avrai contrastato	you will have countered
lui avrà contrastato	he will have countered
lei avrà contrastato	she will have countered
noi avremo contrastato	we will have countered
voi avrete contrastato	you will have countered
loro avranno contrastato	they will have countered

Conditional		Scored
io contrasterei	I would counter
tu contrasteresti	you would counter
lui contrasterebbe	he would counter
lei contrasterebbe	she would counter
noi contrasteremmo	we would counter
voi contrastereste	you would counter
loro contrasterebbero	they would counter

Conditional Perfect / Condizionale Passato The Italian Conditional Perfect or Condizionale Passato is made with the conditional tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrei contrastato	I would have countered
tu avresti contrastato	you would have countered
lui avrebbe contrastato	he would have countered
lei avrebbe contrastato	she would have countered
noi avremmo contrastato	we would have countered
voi avreste contrastato	you would have countered
loro avrebbero contrastato	they would have countered

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io contrasti	(... that) I counter
(... che) tu contrasti	(... that) you counter
(... che) lui contrasti	(... that) he counters
(... che) lei contrasti	(... that) she counters
(... che) noi contrastiamo	(... that) we counter
(... che) voi contrastiate	(... that) you counter
(... che) loro contrastino	(... that) they counter

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io contrastassi	(... that) I was countering
(... che) tu contrastassi	(... that) you were countering
(... che) lui contrastasse	(... that) he was countering
(... che) lei contrastasse	(... that) she was countering
(... che) noi contrastassimo	(... that) we were countering
(... che) contrastaste	(... that) you were countering
(... che) loro contrastassero	(... that) they were countering

Imperative		Scored
contrasta	Counter
contrastiamo	Let's counter
contrastate	Counter

Present Participle		Scored
contrastante	countering

Past Participle		Scored
contrastato	countered

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