Meaning
to beautify, to decorate
- To make more attractive or visually appealing; to adorn, decorate.
- To embellish or dress up facts or a narrative.
In a sentence
Hanno piantato nuove siepi per abbellire il giardino condominiale.
They planted new hedges to beautify the apartment building garden.
Pensi che queste tende possano abbellire il salotto?
Do you think these curtains could decorate the living room nicely?
Non c'era motivo di abbellire la vicenda con dettagli non veri.
There was no reason to embellish the story with untrue details.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| abbellire | infinitive |
| abbellisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbellisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbellisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbelliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbellite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbelliscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbellivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abbellivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abbelliva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abbellivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abbellivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abbellivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abbellii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| abbellisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| abbellì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| abbellimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| abbelliste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| abbellirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| abbellirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| abbellirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| abbellirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| abbelliremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| abbellirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| abbelliranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| abbellisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbellisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbellisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbelliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbelliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbelliscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbellissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abbellissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abbellisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abbellissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abbelliste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abbellissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abbellirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbelliresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbellirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbelliremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbellireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbellirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbellisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| abbelliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| abbellite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| abbellendo | gerund |
| abbellito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Follows the -isc- pattern in the present tense (abbellisco, abbellisci).
- Transitive with 'avere'; reflexive 'abbellirsi' takes 'essere'.