contraffare

Italian

Etymology

From contra- +‎ fare.

Verb

contraffàre (first-person singular present contraffàccio, first-person singular past historic contrafféci, past participle contraffàtto, first-person singular imperfect contraffacévo, second-person singular imperative contraffài or contraffà', auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to forge, to counterfeit
  2. (transitive) to imitate
  3. (transitive) to disguise (one's appearance or voice)
  4. (transitive) to adulterate (wine, etc.)
  5. (intransitive, archaic or literary) to contravene [with a] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contraffàre (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive contraffàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund contraffacèndo
present participle contraffacènte past participle contraffàtto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present contraffàccio contraffài contraffà1 contraffacciàmo contraffàte contraffànno
imperfect contraffacévo contraffacévi contraffacéva contraffacevàmo contraffacevàte contraffacévano
past historic contrafféci contraffacésti contrafféce contraffacémmo contraffacéste contraffécero
future contraffarò contraffarài contraffarà contraffarémo contraffaréte contraffarànno
conditional contraffarèi contraffarésti contraffarèbbe, contraffarébbe contraffarémmo contraffaréste contraffarèbbero, contraffarébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present contraffàccia contraffàccia contraffàccia contraffacciàmo contraffacciàte contraffàcciano
imperfect contraffacéssi contraffacéssi contraffacésse contraffacéssimo contraffacéste contraffacéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
contraffài, contraffà' contraffàccia contraffacciàmo contraffàte contraffàcciano
negative imperative non contraffàre non contraffàccia non contraffacciàmo non contraffàte non contraffàcciano

1With syntactic gemination after the verb.

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