Meaning
to shorten, abbreviate
- To make shorter in length, duration, or written form.
In a sentence
Abbiamo preso una scorciatoia per abbreviare il tragitto.
We took a shortcut to shorten the journey.
Puoi abbreviare il discorso se vedi che il pubblico è stanco.
You can shorten the speech if you see that the audience is tired.
Come si abbrevia questa parola in italiano?
How is this word abbreviated in Italian?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| abbreviare | infinitive |
| abbrevio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbrevi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbrevia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbreviamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbreviate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbreviano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbreviavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abbreviavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abbreviava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abbreviavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abbreviavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abbreviavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abbreviai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| abbreviasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| abbreviò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| abbreviammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| abbreviaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| abbreviarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| abbrevierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| abbrevierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| abbrevierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| abbrevieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| abbrevierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| abbrevieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| abbrevi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbrevi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbrevi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbreviamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbreviate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbrevino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbreviassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abbreviassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abbreviasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abbreviassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abbreviaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abbreviassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abbrevierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbrevieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbrevierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbrevieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbreviereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbrevierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbrevia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| abbreviamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| abbreviate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| abbreviando | gerund |
| abbreviato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes auxiliary 'avere'. Can refer to words, routes ('abbreviare la strada'), or time ('abbreviare i tempi').