Meaning
to abort; to miscarry
- To undergo an abortion or suffer a miscarriage.
- To fail or fall through before completion (of plans, projects).
In a sentence
La donna ha deciso di abortire dopo attente riflessioni mediche.
The woman decided to have an abortion after careful medical consideration.
Il piano economico è abortito sul nascere per mancanza di fondi.
The economic plan fell through right at the start due to lack of funds.
Non tutti i tentativi di accordo abortiscono così rapidamente.
Not all attempts at agreement fall apart so quickly.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| abortire | infinitive |
| abortisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| abortisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abortisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abortiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| abortite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abortiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abortivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abortivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abortiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abortivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abortivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abortivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abortii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| abortisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| abortì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| abortimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| abortiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| abortirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| abortirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| abortirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| abortirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| abortiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| abortirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| abortiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| abortisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| abortisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abortisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abortiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| abortiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abortiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abortissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| abortissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| abortisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| abortissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| abortiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| abortissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| abortirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| abortiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| abortirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| abortiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| abortireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| abortirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| abortisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| abortiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| abortite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| abortendo | gerund |
| abortito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Follows the '-isc-' conjugation pattern in the present tense (e.g. 'abortisco').
- Takes 'avere' when used intransitively for having an abortion/miscarriage; figurative senses often take 'essere'.