inevitabile
inevitable
adjective een-eh-vee-TAH-bee-leh Less Common
Origin: from Latin 'inevitabilis'
Also means
unavoidable
Usage Note
Inevitabile ends in -e, so one form serves both genders, with plural inevitabili. The set phrase era inevitabile ('it was bound to happen') is very common in speech.
Examples
"Lo scontro era inevitabile."
Natural Translation
The clash was inevitable.
Literal Translation
The clash was inevitable.
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