abortire
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abortīre, from abortus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.borˈti.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: a‧bor‧tì‧re
Verb
abortìre (first-person singular present abortìsco, first-person singular past historic abortìi, past participle abortìto, auxiliary (referring to a pregnancy) avére or (in other meanings) èssere) (intransitive)
- (intransitive, medicine) to abort a pregnancy, to have a miscarriage [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive, botany) to not mature, to not develop [auxiliary essere]
- (intransitive, figurative) to fail (e.g. of a company) [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of abortìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Referring to a pregnancy.
2In other meanings.