abbellire
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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 edit
Conjugation of abbellìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
3Rare.
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Further reading edit
- abbellire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana