Meaning
to lower
- to press down (on a pedal)
- to dim (a light)
In a sentence
Puoi abbassare la musica, per favore?
Can you turn the music down, please?
Ho abbassato il pedale prima della curva.
I pressed down the pedal before the turn.
Non abbassare troppo la luce in cucina.
Don't dim the light too much in the kitchen.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| abbassare | infinitive |
| abbassiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbasso | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbassate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbassi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbassano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbassa | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbassavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abbassavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abbassavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abbassavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abbassavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abbassava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abbassammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| abbassai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| abbassaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| abbassasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| abbassarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| abbassò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| abbasseremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| abbasserò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| abbasserete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| abbasserai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| abbasseranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| abbasserà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| abbassiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbassi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbassiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbassi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbassino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbassi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbassassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abbassassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abbassaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abbassassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abbassassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abbassasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abbasseremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbasserei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbassereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbasseresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbasserebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbasserebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbassiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| abbassate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| abbassa | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| abbassando | gerund |
| abbassato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use abbassare for physically lowering something; lower your voice is usually abbassare la voce, while calm down is not abbassare.
- For lights, both abbassare and abbassare la luce work; speakers also use abbassare le luci for dimming the room.
- Reflexive abbassarsi means to lower oneself or bend down; it takes essere in compound tenses: si è abbassato.