abbagliare
Italian
Etymology
Perhaps derived from Latin varius (“various, different”), with reference to the variety of colors.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.baʎˈʎa.re/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ab‧ba‧glià‧re
Verb
abbagliàre (first-person singular present abbàglio, first-person singular past historic abbagliài, past participle abbagliàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to dazzle
- Synonym: accecare
- (transitive, figurative) to dazzle; to impress; to fascinate
- Synonym: impressionare
- (intransitive) to be dazzled [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of abbagliàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
- abbagliante (“dazzling”)
- abbaglianti m pl (“high-beam”)
- abbagliarsi
Further reading
- abbagliare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana