abbellire
Italian
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)
- (transitive) to embellish, to adorn, to beautify
- Antonym: imbruttire
- (transitive, figurative) to embellish, to exaggerate
- (intransitive, literary) to become beautiful [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of abbellìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
3Rare.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- abbellire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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