abbattere
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abˈbat.te.re/
- Rhymes: -attere
- Hyphenation: ab‧bàt‧te‧re
Verb
abbàttere (first-person singular present abbàtto, first-person singular past historic abbattéi, past participle abbattùto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to throw down; to knock down; to bring down; to fell
- to demolish; to destroy
- Synonyms: atterrare, demolire, distruggere, smantellare, diroccare, scalzare, devastare
- abbattere l'edificio trabbalante ― to demolish the rickety building
- to topple; to overthrow
- Synonyms: rovesciare, destabilizzare
- abbattere il regime tirannico ― to overthrow the tyrannical regime
- to reduce dramatically; to cut; to slash
- abbattere i costi ― to cut prices
- to dismay; to demoralize; to discourage
- Synonyms: annientare, deprimere; see also Thesaurus:abbattere
- abbattere lo spirito
- to bring down one's spirits
- to kill; to put down
- Synonyms: uccidere, ammazzare, fare fuori, macellare
- abbattere il maiale ― to kill the pig
- to destroy (an argument, etc.); to refute; to rebut
- (obsolete) to leave ajar
- Synonym: socchiudere
- (obsolete) to lower
- Synonym: abbassare
- (obsolete) to abolish
- Synonym: abolire
- (neologism) to blast chill (to quickly cool down)
Conjugation
Conjugation of abbàttere (root-stressed -ere) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- abbattere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- abbattere (Neologismi) in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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