Meaning
to abolish, to repeal
- to abolish, to repeal, to annul
- to eliminate, to do away with
In a sentence
Hanno abolito la vecchia regola della palestra.
They abolished the old gym rule.
Possiamo abolire questo costo extra?
Can we remove this extra cost?
Non voglio abolire le pause al lavoro.
I don't want to abolish breaks at work.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| abolire | infinitive |
| aboliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| abolisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| abolite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abolisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| aboliscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abolisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abolivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abolivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abolivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abolivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abolivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| aboliva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abolimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| abolii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| aboliste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| abolisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| abolirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| abolì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| aboliremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| abolirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| abolirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| abolirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| aboliranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| abolirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| aboliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| abolisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| aboliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abolisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| aboliscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abolisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abolissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abolissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| aboliste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abolissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abolissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abolisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| aboliremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| abolirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| abolireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| aboliresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abolirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abolirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| aboliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| abolite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| abolisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| abolendo | gerund |
| abolito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Common in legal, political, and institutional contexts; less natural for removing everyday objects or habits.
- Use abolire for laws, taxes, privileges, or practices. For deleting text/data, prefer cancellare or eliminare.
- Regular -ire verb; takes avere in compound tenses: ha abolito, hanno abolito.