Italian verb

pretendere conjugation

irregular

"to claim on the basis of a right; to feel entitled ; to expect; to demand, to expect or demand, to assert mistakenly" — irregular Italian verb

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Forms you may meet: pretese, preteso, pretendo, pretendesse, pretenderò.

Indicative

	Present	Present perfect	Imperfect	Past historic	Future
1sg	pretendo	ho preteso	pretendevo	pretesi	pretenderò
2sg	pretendi	hai preteso	pretendevi	pretendesti	pretenderai
3sg	pretende	ha preteso	pretendeva	pretese	pretenderà
1pl	pretendiamo	abbiamo preteso	pretendevamo	pretendemmo	pretenderemo
2pl	pretendete	avete preteso	pretendevate	pretendeste	pretenderete
3pl	pretendono	hanno preteso	pretendevano	pretesero	pretenderanno

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect
1sg	pretenda	pretendessi
2sg	pretenda	pretendessi
3sg	pretenda	pretendesse
1pl	pretendiamo	pretendessimo
2pl	pretendiate	pretendeste
3pl	pretendano	pretendessero

Conditional

	Present
1sg	pretenderei
2sg	pretenderesti
3sg	pretenderebbe
1pl	pretenderemmo
2pl	pretendereste
3pl	pretenderebbero

Imperative

	Present
2sg	pretendi
1pl	pretendiamo
2pl	pretendete

Non-finite

Infinitive: pretendere
Gerund: pretendendo
Past participle: preteso
Present participle: pretendente

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