illeso

unharmed

adjective eel-LEH-zoh Rare

Origin: from Latin in- (not) + laesus (hurt, injured)

Also means

unhurt

Usage Note

Illeso means physically unharmed after an accident, attack, or disaster: uscire illeso (to come out unscathed). It agrees in gender and number: illeso/illesa/illesi/illese. It is largely formal or journalistic; in speech, incolume or sano e salvo cover the same ground.

Examples

"È uscito illeso dall'incidente."

Natural Translation

He came out of the accident unharmed.

Literal Translation

He-came-out unharmed from-the accident.

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