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devastato

devastated

adjective deh-vahs-TAH-toh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Also means

wrecked

Usage Note

Devastato functions both literally (a paese devastato = a town devastated by an earthquake) and emotionally in informal speech (sono devastato = I'm wrecked/exhausted). As a past participle of devastare, it agrees in gender and number: devastata, devastati, devastate. Colloquially it can mean simply 'wiped out' from fatigue.

Examples

"Dopo il terremoto, il villaggio era devastato."

Natural Translation

After the earthquake, the village was devastated.

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