drastico

drastic

adjective DRAH-stee-koh Rare

Origin: From Greek 'drastikos' (active, effective), from 'dran' (to do).

Usage Note

Drastico describes measures or changes that are severe, radical, or extreme — misure drastiche = drastic measures, un taglio drastico = a drastic cut. It agrees in gender and number: drastico (m sg), drastica (f sg), drastici (m pl), drastiche (f pl). The note on -che in the feminine plural is worth remembering: the 'h' is inserted before 'e' to preserve the hard 'k' sound.

Examples

"Il governo ha preso misure drastiche per contenere l'inflazione."

Natural Translation

The government took drastic measures to contain inflation.

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