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Verbi irregolari con –arre
Italian has a dozen verbs with an irregular infinitive that ends in –arre, a contraction of the original infinitive ending –aggere. Many conjugations for these verbs are based on that original infinitive.
| astrarre | to abstract | |
| attrarre | to attract | |
| contrarre | to contract | |
| detrarre | to deduct | |
| distrarre | to distract | |
| estrarre | to extract | |
| pertrarre | to endure | |
| protrarre | to protract | |
| rattrarre | to sadden | |
| ritrarre | to retract | |
| sottrarre | to subtract | |
| trarre | to deduce, infer |
How to conjugate –arre verbs
For the present tense, remove –arre and then add one of the following verb endings – note that three of the grammatical persons have two different conjugations:
| Singular | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | io | -aggo | noi | -aiamo -aggiamo |
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| 2nd person | tu | -ai -aggi |
voi | -aete | |
| 3rd person | lui | -ae -agge |
loro | -aggaono | |
Per esempio…
| ATTRARRE | Singular | Plural | |||
| 1st person | io | attraggo | noi | attraiamo attraggiamo |
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| 2nd person | tu | attrai attraggi |
voi | attraete | |
| 3rd person | lui | attrae attragge |
loro | attraggono | |
Also see –orre verbs and –urre verbs
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