inaspettato

unexpected, surprising

adjective een-ahs-pet-TAH-toh Rare

Usage Note

Inaspettato is built from in- (not) + aspettato (expected, from aspettare) and means 'not anticipated'. It is interchangeable with inatteso in most contexts, but inaspettato is slightly more colloquial while inatteso is more formal/literary. The feminine form is inaspettata; the plural forms are inaspettati / inaspettate.

Examples

"Il suo arrivo è stato del tutto inaspettato."

Natural Translation

His arrival was completely unexpected.

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