Meaning
to chat up, approach
- to approach someone with romantic or sexual intentions; to chat up
- to approach or accost someone directly
- to board a vessel, especially forcefully
In a sentence
Mio fratello cerca sempre di abbordare le ragazze in discoteca.
My brother always tries to chat up girls at the club.
Hai notato quel ragazzo che provava ad abbordarti al bancone?
Did you notice that guy trying to hit on you at the bar?
Non abbordo mai persone sconosciute sui mezzi pubblici.
I never approach strangers on public transport.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| abbordare | infinitive |
| abbordo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbordi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abborda | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbordiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbordate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbordano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbordavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abbordavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abbordava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abbordavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abbordavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abbordavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abbordai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| abbordasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| abbordò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| abbordammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| abbordaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| abbordarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| abborderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| abborderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| abborderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| abborderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| abborderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| abborderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| abbordi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbordi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbordi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbordiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbordiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbordino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbordassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abbordassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abbordasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abbordassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abbordaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abbordassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abborderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| abborderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abborderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abborderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbordereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abborderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abborda | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| abbordiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| abbordate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| abbordando | gerund |
| abbordato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Informal: widely used colloquially to mean 'to hit on' or 'chat up' someone.
- In nautical or historical contexts, it retains the formal meaning of boarding a ship.