Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin abortīre, from abortus.

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

abortìre (first-person singular present abortìsco, first-person singular past historic abortìi, past participle abortìto, auxiliary (referring to a pregnancy) avére or (in other meanings) èssere) (intransitive)

  1. (intransitive, medicine) to abort a pregnancy, to have a miscarriage [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive, botany) to not mature, to not develop [auxiliary essere]
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to fail (e.g. of a company) [auxiliary essere]

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