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abbordabile

affordable

adjective ahb-bor-DAH-bee-leh Rare

Origin: From abbordare (to approach, to board a ship), French aborder, from à bord (on board).

Also means

approachable

Usage Note

Abbordabile has two main senses: (1) financially affordable — un prezzo abbordabile (an affordable price); (2) socially approachable — una persona abbordabile (an easy person to talk to). It is a two-form adjective (same in masculine and feminine singular), plural abbordabili. The antonym is inabbordabile.

Examples

"Il ristorante è buono e abbordabile."

Natural Translation

The restaurant is good and affordable.

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