abbellire
Italian
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editVerb
editabbellìre (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.
Derived terms
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editFurther reading
edit- abbellire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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