abbellire

== Italian == === Etymology === From a- +‎ bello +‎ -ire. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ab.belˈli.re/ Rhymes: -ire Hyphenation: ab‧bel‧lì‧re === Verb === abbellìre (first-person singular present abbellìsco, first-person singular past historic abbellìi, past participle abbellìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (transitive) to embellish, to adorn, to beautify Antonym: imbruttire (transitive, figurative) to embellish, to exaggerate (intransitive, literary) to become beautiful [auxiliary essere] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== abbellirsi ==== Related terms ==== abbellimento bello === Further reading === abbellire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana