Also means
to defeat
Usage Note
Vincere (standard infinitive; the seed form vincire is non-standard) is irregular: past participle vinto, past remote vinsi. It takes avere in compound tenses: ho vinto la gara (I won the race). The related noun is la vittoria (victory) and the agent noun is il vincitore/la vincitrice (winner).
Examples
"La nostra squadra ha vinto la partita."
Natural Translation
Our team won the match.

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