Meaning
to decorate, to adorn
- to decorate or adorn (with)
- to embellish (with)
In a sentence
Abbiamo ornato la sala con luci e fiori.
We decorated the room with lights and flowers.
Vuoi ornare la torta con altra frutta?
Do you want to decorate the cake with more fruit?
Non ornare troppo il testo con parole difficili.
Don't embellish the text too much with difficult words.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ornare | infinitive |
| orniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| orno | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ornate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| orni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ornano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| orna | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ornavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ornavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ornavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ornavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ornavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ornava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ornammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ornai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ornaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ornasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ornarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ornò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| orneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ornerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ornerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ornerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| orneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ornerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| orniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| orni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| orniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| orni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ornino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| orni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ornassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ornassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ornaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ornassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ornassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ornasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| orneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ornerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ornereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| orneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ornerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ornerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| orniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ornate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| orna | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ornando | gerund |
| ornato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More literary and formal than decorare; in everyday speech, decorare is usually the safer choice.
- Often appears in passive or participial style: ornato di, ornata con. Match the adjective ending to the noun.
- Use with di or con to introduce what embellishes something: ornato di fiori, ornata con nastri.