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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