intoccabile

untouchable

adjective een-tohk-KAH-bee-leh Rare

Also means

beyond criticism

Usage Note

Intoccabile can describe a person whose status or power makes them immune to challenge, or something so sacred it must not be altered. The plural is intoccabili, also the Italian title of the American TV series 'The Untouchables'. In social contexts it can carry the sense of 'off-limits'.

Examples

"Quel politico sembra intoccabile."

Natural Translation

That politician seems untouchable.

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