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ITALIAN VERB

arrendersi

to give up

  • #440 most used
  • Irregular -ere verb
  • Past participle: arreso
  • Gerund: arrendendosi

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. io I give up
  2. tu you give up
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she gives up
  4. noi we give up
  5. voi you all give up
  6. loro they give up

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

  1. io I gave up
  2. tu you gave up
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she gave up
  4. noi we gave up
  5. voi you all gave up
  6. loro they gave up

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. io I used to give up
  2. tu you used to give up
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she used to give up
  4. noi we used to give up
  5. voi you all used to give up
  6. loro they used to give up

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

  1. io I will give up
  2. tu you will give up
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she will give up
  4. noi we will give up
  5. voi you all will give up
  6. loro they will give up

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

  1. io I would give up
  2. tu you would give up
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she would give up
  4. noi we would give up
  5. voi you all would give up
  6. loro they would give up

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

  1. io (that) I give up
  2. tu (that) you give up
  3. lui, lei, Lei (that) he/she give up
  4. noi (that) we give up
  5. voi (that) you all give up
  6. loro (that) they give up

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders: tu, Lei, noi, voi

  1. tu give up!
  2. Lei give up! (formal)
  3. noi give up! (let’s)
  4. voi give up! (all of you)

How to use arrendersi

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Non mi arrendo, riprovo domani.

    I'm not giving up, I'll try again tomorrow.

  2. Past

    Dopo tre ore si sono arresi e sono tornati.

    After three hours they gave up and went back.

  3. Imperfect

    Da piccolo non ti arrendevi mai.

    As a child you never gave up.

  4. Future

    Non ci arrenderemo al primo ostacolo.

    We won't give up at the first obstacle.

  5. Conditional

    Al posto tuo non mi arrenderei adesso.

    In your place I wouldn't give up now.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Non voglio che tu ti arrenda così presto.

    I don't want you to give up so soon.

  7. Imperative

    Non arrenderti, sei quasi arrivata!

    Don't give up, you're almost there!

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ere verb.