aborrire

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abhorrēre, derived from ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ horreō (“tremble; dread”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.borˈri.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: a‧bor‧rì‧re

Verb

aborrìre (first-person singular present aborrìsco or abòrro, first-person singular past historic aborrìi, past participle aborrìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to abhor, to detest, to loathe
    Synonyms: (literary) abominare, detestare, (literary) esecrare, odiare, (literary) sprezzare
    Antonyms: adorare, amare, ammirare
    • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXVI”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎, lines 70–75; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      E come a lume acuto si disonna
      per lo spirto visivo che ricorre
      a lo splendor che va di gonna in gonna,
      e lo svegliato ciò che vede aborre,
      si nescïa è la sùbita vigilia
      fin che la stimativa non soccorre
      And as at some keen light one wakes from sleep by reason of the visual spirit that runs unto the splendour passed from coat to coat, and he who wakes abhors what he sees, so all unconscious is his sudden waking, until the judgment comes to his aid
  2. (intransitive) to recoil
    Synonyms: fuggire, rifuggire
    aborrire dalla vista del sangue ― to recoil from the sight of blood

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aborrìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive aborrìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund aborrèndo
present participle aborrènte past participle aborrìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present aborrìsco, abòrro aborrìsci, abòrri aborrìsce, abòrre aborriàmo aborrìte aborrìscono, abòrrono
imperfect aborrìvo aborrìvi aborrìva aborrivàmo aborrivàte aborrìvano
past historic aborrìi aborrìsti aborrì aborrìmmo aborrìste aborrìrono
future aborrirò aborrirài aborrirà aborrirémo aborriréte aborrirànno
conditional aborrirèi aborrirésti aborrirèbbe, aborrirébbe aborrirémmo aborriréste aborrirèbbero, aborrirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present aborrìsca, abòrra aborrìsca, abòrra aborrìsca, abòrra aborriàmo aborriàte aborrìscano, abòrrano
imperfect aborrìssi aborrìssi aborrìsse aborrìssimo aborrìste aborrìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
aborrìsci, abòrri aborrìsca, abòrra aborriàmo aborrìte aborrìscano, abòrrano
negative imperative non aborrìre non aborrìsca, non abòrra non aborriàmo non aborrìte non aborrìscano, non abòrrano

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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