abbellire

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Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ bello +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab.belˈli.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bel‧lì‧re

Verb

abbellìre (first-person singular present abbellìsco, first-person singular past historic abbellìi, past participle abbellìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to embellish, to adorn, to beautify
    Antonym: imbruttire
  2. (transitive, figurative) to embellish, to exaggerate
  3. (intransitive, literary) to become beautiful

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abbellìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive abbellìre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund abbellèndo
present participle abbellènte3 past participle abbellìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present abbellìsco abbellìsci abbellìsce abbelliàmo abbellìte abbellìscono
imperfect abbellìvo abbellìvi abbellìva abbellivàmo abbellivàte abbellìvano
past historic abbellìi abbellìsti abbellì abbellìmmo abbellìste abbellìrono
future abbellirò abbellirài abbellirà abbellirémo abbelliréte abbellirànno
conditional abbellirèi abbellirésti abbellirèbbe, abbellirébbe abbellirémmo abbelliréste abbellirèbbero, abbellirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present abbellìsca abbellìsca abbellìsca abbelliàmo abbelliàte abbellìscano
imperfect abbellìssi abbellìssi abbellìsse abbellìssimo abbellìste abbellìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
abbellìsci abbellìsca abbelliàmo abbellìte abbellìscano
negative imperative non abbellìre non abbellìsca non abbelliàmo non abbellìte non abbellìscano

1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
3Rare.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • abbellire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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