incontrollabile

uncontrollable

adjective een-kon-trol-LAH-bee-leh Rare

Usage Note

Incontrollabile is invariable for gender — un impulso incontrollabile (m) and una rabbia incontrollabile (f) both use the same form. It means something that cannot be restrained or managed. The prefix in- signals negation, and the root is controllare (to control). The adverb is incontrollabilmente. In journalistic Italian it frequently describes crises, fires, or emotional outbursts.

Examples

"Ha avuto una reazione incontrollabile."

Natural Translation

He had an uncontrollable reaction.

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