Word
Il capitano se la prende se perdiamo la finale?
Meaning
Will the captain take offense if we lose the final?
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Il capitano se la prende se perdiamo la finale?
se
if
perdere
to lose, to miss
il capitano
the captain
prendersela
to take offense
Questions & Answers about Il capitano se la prende se perdiamo la finale?
Where does se la prende come from?
It is the third-person singular form of the pronominal verb prendersela, which means "to take offense" or "to get angry." The base verb is prendere (to take), combined with the reflexive pronoun si (oneself) and the direct object pronoun la (it). Together, it literally means something like "to take it to oneself."
Why is the pronoun se instead of the normal reflexive si?
In Italian, when the reflexive pronoun si comes right before a direct object pronoun like la, lo, li, or le, it changes to se to make pronunciation smoother. So, si + la + prende becomes se la prende.
There are two se words in this sentence. Do they mean the same thing?
The translation says "Will the captain take...", but se la prende and perdiamo are in the present tense. Why aren't they in the future tense?