sconfiggere

to defeat

verb skon-FEE-jeh-reh Less Common

Also means

to overcome

Usage Note

Sconfiggere is irregular: its past participle is sconfitto (not sconfigguto). It takes avere as auxiliary. It implies a decisive defeat (sconfiggere il nemico). The related noun is sconfitta (defeat), and its opposite is vincere (to win) / vittoria (victory).

Examples

"Abbiamo sconfitto la squadra avversaria."

Natural Translation

We defeated the opposing team.

Literal Translation

We-have defeated the team opposing.

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