abbellire

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Italian

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ bello +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ab.belˈli.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bel‧lì‧re

Verb

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abbellìre (first-person singular present abbellìsco, first-person singular past historic abbellìi, past participle abbellìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to embellish, to adorn, to beautify
    Antonym: imbruttire
  2. (transitive, figurative) to embellish, to exaggerate
  3. (intransitive, literary) to become beautiful [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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