Meaning
to abound, be plentiful
- to be present in large quantities (takes essere or avere)
- to be well supplied with or to be generous with (abbondare in/con, takes avere)
In a sentence
In questa splendida regione i prodotti tipici abbondano.
Typical local products abound in this wonderful region.
Non abbondare con il sale quando prepari la zuppa.
Don't be heavy-handed with the salt when making soup.
In quel paese l'acqua minerale abbondava in ogni sorgente.
In that village, mineral water was plentiful in every spring.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| abbondare | infinitive |
| abbondo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbondi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbonda | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbondiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbondate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbondano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbondavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abbondavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abbondava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abbondavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abbondavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abbondavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abbondai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| abbondasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| abbondò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| abbondammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| abbondaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| abbondarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| abbonderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| abbonderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| abbonderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| abbonderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| abbonderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| abbonderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| abbondi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbondi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbondi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbondiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbondiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbondino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbondassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abbondassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abbondasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abbondassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abbondaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abbondassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abbonderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbonderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbonderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbonderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbondereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbonderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbonda | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| abbondiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| abbondate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| abbondando | gerund |
| abbondato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- When used intransitively ('to be plentiful'), it can use either 'essere' or 'avere'. When meaning 'to be generous with', it uses 'avere'.