contendere

1. v/t : contendere qualcosa a qualcuno compete with someone for something

2. v/i (competere) contend

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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.

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1. [kon'tɛndere]

vb irreg vt

(contestare)

contendere qc a qn — to contend with o be in competition with sb for sth

si contendono il titolo — they are competing for the title

si contendevano l'affetto della madre — they were vying with each other for their mother's affection

2. vi

(aus avere) (disputare, litigare) to quarrel, (competere) to compete

contendere per qc — to quarrel over o about sth

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[kon'tɛndere] 1.

verbo transitivo to dispute

contendere qcs. a qcn. — to contend with sb. for sth

2.

verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

1) (gareggiare) to compete, to contend

2) (litigare) to dispute, to quarrel

3.

verbo pronominale contendersi to contend for, to compete for [seggio, primo posto]

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contendere

/kon'tεndere/ [10]

I verbo transitivo

 to dispute; contendere qcs. a qcn. to contend with sb. for sth.

II verbo intransitivo

 (aus. avere)

 1 (gareggiare) to compete, to contend

 2 (litigare) to dispute, to quarrel

III contendersi verbo pronominale

 to contend for, to compete for [seggio, primo posto].