Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French abandoner.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ab.ban.doˈna.re/
  • Audio (Italy):(file)
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ab‧ban‧do‧nà‧re

Verb

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abbandonàre (first-person singular present abbandóno, first-person singular past historic abbandonài, past participle abbandonàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to abandon (to leave behind)
  2. (by extension, transitive) to give up on, to abandon
    Synonyms: rinunciare a, ritirarsi da
  3. (by extension, intransitive) to give up
    Synonyms: arrendersi, dare forfait, desistere, lasciare perdere, (colloquial) mollare, rinunciare, ritirarsi
  4. (by extension, transitive) to neglect
    Synonym: trascurare
  5. (transitive) to loosen
    Synonym: allentare
  6. (transitive) to relax
    Synonym: rilassare

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • ? Neapolitan: abbannonare

References

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  • abbandonare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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