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Conjugation of the Italian verb difendere

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

difendere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
difendere	to defend

Present		Scored
io difendo	I defend
tu difendi	you defend
lui difende	he defends
lei difende	she defends
noi difendiamo	we defend
voi difendete	you defend
loro difendono	they defend

Imperfect		Scored
io difendevo	I was defending
tu difendevi	you were defending
lui difendeva	he was defending
lei difendeva	she was defending
noi difendevamo	we were defending
voi difendevate	you were defending
loro difendevano	they were defending

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 difesi	I defended
tu difendesti	you defended
lui difese	he defended
lei difese	she defended
noi difendemmo	we defended
voi difendeste	you defended
loro difesero	they defended

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

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

Future		Scored
io difenderò	I will defend
tu difenderai	you will defend
lui difenderà	he will defend
lei difenderà	she will defend
noi difenderemo	we will defend
voi difenderete	you will defend
loro difenderanno	they will defend

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 difeso	I will have defended
tu avrai difeso	you will have defended
lui avrà difeso	he will have defended
lei avrà difeso	she will have defended
noi avremo difeso	we will have defended
voi avrete difeso	you will have defended
loro avranno difeso	they will have defended

Conditional		Scored
io difenderei	I would defend
tu difenderesti	you would defend
lui difenderebbe	he would defend
lei difenderebbe	she would defend
noi difenderemmo	we would defend
voi difendereste	you would defend
loro difenderebbero	they would defend

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 difeso	I would have defended
tu avresti difeso	you would have defended
lui avrebbe difeso	he would have defended
lei avrebbe difeso	she would have defended
noi avremmo difeso	we would have defended
voi avreste difeso	you would have defended
loro avrebbero difeso	they would have defended

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io difenda	(... that) I defend
(... che) tu difenda	(... that) you defend
(... che) lui difenda	(... that) he defends
(... che) lei difenda	(... that) she defends
(... che) noi difendiamo	(... that) we defend
(... che) voi difendiate	(... that) you defend
(... che) loro difendano	(... that) they defend

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io difendessi	(... that) I was defending
(... che) tu difendessi	(... that) you were defending
(... che) lui difendesse	(... that) he was defending
(... che) lei difendesse	(... that) she was defending
(... che) noi difendessimo	(... that) we were defending
(... che) voi difendeste	(... that) you were defending
(... che) loro difendessero	(... that) they were defending

Imperative		Scored
difendi	Defend
difendiamo	Let's defend
difendete	Defend

Present Participle		Scored
difendente	defending

Past Participle		Scored
difeso	defended

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