avversità

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin adversitātem, accusative of adversitās (opposition), derived from adversus (set opposite; turned toward).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /av.ver.siˈta/*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: av‧ver‧si‧tà

Noun

avversità f (invariable)

  1. (uncountable) adversity (state of being adverse)
  2. (chiefly in the plural) adversity (adverse event)

Further reading

  • avversità in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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