sventato

Italian

Etymology

Deverbal of sventare (“to foil, thwart”), probably with phonetic contamination from svuotato (“emptied, vented”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zvenˈta.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: sven‧tà‧to

Adjective

sventato (feminine sventata, masculine plural sventati, feminine plural sventate)

  1. reckless, heedless, scatterbrained, silly

Derived terms

Noun

sventato m (plural sventati, feminine sventata)

  1. scatterbrain

Participle

sventato (feminine sventata, masculine plural sventati, feminine plural sventate)

  1. past participle of sventare

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