abbrutire

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Italian

Etymology

From a- +‎ bruto +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ab.bruˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bru‧tì‧re

Verb

abbrutìre (first-person singular present abbrutìsco, first-person singular past historic abbrutìi, past participle abbrutìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to brutalize
  2. (transitive) to exhaust; to degrade; to stultify
  3. (intransitive) to be brutalized, to become brutish

Usage notes

  • Do not confuse with abbruttire (“to make ugly, to deface”), from brutto (“ugly”).

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abbrutìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive abbrutìre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund abbrutèndo
present participle abbrutènte past participle abbrutìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present abbrutìsco abbrutìsci abbrutìsce abbrutiàmo abbrutìte abbrutìscono
imperfect abbrutìvo abbrutìvi abbrutìva abbrutivàmo abbrutivàte abbrutìvano
past historic abbrutìi abbrutìsti abbrutì abbrutìmmo abbrutìste abbrutìrono
future abbrutirò abbrutirài abbrutirà abbrutirémo abbrutiréte abbrutirànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present abbrutirèi abbrutirésti abbrutirèbbe, abbrutirébbe abbrutirémmo abbrutiréste abbrutirèbbero, abbrutirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present abbrutìsca abbrutìsca abbrutìsca abbrutiàmo abbrutiàte abbrutìscano
imperfect abbrutìssi abbrutìssi abbrutìsse abbrutìssimo abbrutìste abbrutìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
abbrutìsci abbrutìsca abbrutiàmo abbrutìte abbrutìscano
negative imperative non abbrutìre non abbrutìsca non abbrutiàmo non abbrutìte non abbrutìscano

1Transitive.
2Intransitive.

Derived terms

Further reading

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