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sventato

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Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. reckless, heedless, scatterbrained, silly

Derived terms

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Noun

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sventato m (plural sventati, feminine sventata)

  1. scatterbrain

Participle

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

  1. past participle of sventare

Anagrams

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