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combattere

fight

verb kohm-BAHT-teh-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin combattuere

Also means

combat

Usage Note

Combattere is used for both literal warfare and figurative struggles: combattere una malattia (to fight a disease). Note it takes avere in compound tenses and that you fight contro an enemy or per a cause.

Examples

"I medici combattono ogni giorno la malattia."

Natural Translation

Doctors fight the disease every day.

Literal Translation

The doctors fight every day the disease.

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