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Italian has three conjugations (le coniugazioni):

  • first: -are verbs

  • second: -ere verbs

  • third: -ire verbs1

Verbs that end in -arre, -irre, and -urre belong to the second conjugation of verbs.

The stress on the infinitive:

  • Falls on the suffix of the verb: amàre, cadère, preferìre

  • But, for some -ere verbs, the stress falls within the stem: crèdere, prèndere, difèn…

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