Meaning
to tan, to get tan
- to make the skin darker by exposure to the sun
- (reflexive, abbronzarsi) to get a suntan
In a sentence
Mi sono abbronzato molto durante le vacanze al mare.
I got very tanned during my beach holiday.
Ti abbronzi facilmente quando vai in spiaggia?
Do you tan easily when you go to the beach?
Uso sempre la crema solare per non bruciarmi mentre mi abbronzo.
I always use sunscreen so I don't burn while getting a tan.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| abbronzare | infinitive |
| abbronzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbronzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbronza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbronziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbronzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbronzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbronzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abbronzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abbronzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abbronzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abbronzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abbronzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abbronzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| abbronzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| abbronzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| abbronzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| abbronzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| abbronzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| abbronzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| abbronzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| abbronzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| abbronzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| abbronzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| abbronzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| abbronzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbronzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbronzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbronziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbronziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbronzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbronzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abbronzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abbronzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abbronzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abbronzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abbronzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abbronzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| abbronzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abbronzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abbronzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| abbronzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abbronzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abbronza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| abbronziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| abbronzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| abbronzando | gerund |
| abbronzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Most commonly used in the reflexive form 'abbronzarsi' (auxiliary 'essere').
- Transitive use ('il sole abbronza la pelle') takes 'avere'.