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aggravamento

worsening

noun ahg-grah-vah-MEN-toh Rare

Also means

aggravation

Usage Note

Aggravamento describes a deterioration in condition, typically of health, a legal situation, or a conflict. In legal Italian, aggravamento di reato means 'aggravating circumstance'. Do not confuse with aggravio (burden/extra cost), which is a related but distinct term.

Examples

"Il medico notò un aggravamento della febbre."

Natural Translation

The doctor noticed a worsening of the fever.

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