Skip to content

indulgere

to indulge

verb een-DOOL-jeh-reh Rare

Origin: Latin indulgere (to be lenient)

Also means

to yield to

Usage Note

Indulgere is a second-conjugation verb with an irregular past participle indulto. It takes in before its object: indulgere in un vizio ('to indulge in a vice'). It is formal and literary; in everyday speech Italians prefer concedersi ('to treat oneself').

Examples

"Non devi indulgere nei tuoi capricci."

Natural Translation

You must not indulge your whims.

Free starter pack

Building your Italian vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common Italian words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore Italian by topic