Meaning
to dazzle, blind
- to temporarily blind or impair vision with intense light
- figurative: to dazzle, captivate, or deceive through brilliance or charm
In a sentence
I fari di quella macchina mi hanno abbagliato per un attimo.
That car's headlights dazzled me for a moment.
Il sole al tramonto abbaglia chi guida verso ovest.
The setting sun dazzles anyone driving west.
Non lasciarti abbagliare dalle sue promesse facili.
Don't let yourself be dazzled by his easy promises.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| abbagliare | infinitive |
| abbaglio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbagli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbaglia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbagliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbagliate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbagliano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbagliavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abbagliavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abbagliava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abbagliavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abbagliavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abbagliavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abbagliai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| abbagliasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| abbagliò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| abbagliammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| abbagliaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| abbagliarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| abbaglierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| abbaglierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| abbaglierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| abbaglieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| abbaglierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| abbaglieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| abbagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbagli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbagliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbagliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbaglino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbagliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abbagliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abbagliasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abbagliassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abbagliaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abbagliassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abbaglierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbaglieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbaglierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbaglieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbagliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbaglierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbaglia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| abbagliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| abbagliate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| abbagliando | gerund |
| abbagliato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- The plural masculine participle 'gli abbaglianti' is the standard term for high-beam headlights.
- Take care with the pronunciation of '-glia-' (/ʎa/).
- The noun 'abbaglio' figuratively means an oversight or blunder ('prendere un abbaglio').