abbandonarsi
Italian
Etymology
From abbandonare (“to abandon”) + -si (“oneself”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.ban.doˈnar.si/
- Rhymes: -arsi
- Hyphenation: ab‧ban‧do‧nàr‧si
Verb
abbandonàrsi (first-person singular present mi abbandóno, first-person singular past historic mi abbandonài, past participle abbandonàto)
- reflexive of abbandonare
- to give in [+ a (object) = to]
- Synonyms: arrendersi (a), cedere (a)
- to rely on, to count on [+ a (object)]
- (intransitive) to give up, to surrender
- Synonyms: arrendersi, cedere
- (intransitive) to let oneself go (to cease to care about one's appearance)
- Synonyms: avvilirsi, lasciarsi andare
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- abbandonarsi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- abbandonarsi in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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