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depressione

depression

noun deh-preh-SSYOH-neh Rare

Origin: Latin depressio, 'a pressing down'

Also means

low (meteorological), hollow

Usage Note

Depressione covers three main domains: the clinical mental-health condition (soffrire di depressione, to suffer from depression), a meteorological low-pressure system (una depressione atlantica), and a physical hollow or dip in terrain. In everyday speech the mental-health sense is by far the most common. The related adjective is depresso and the verb deprimersi (to become depressed).

Examples

"La depressione è una malattia da non sottovalutare."

Natural Translation

Depression is an illness not to be underestimated.

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