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invalido

disabled, invalid

adjective een-VAH-lee-doh Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Origin: Latin invalidus (weak, without strength)

Also means

void, invalid (legal)

Usage Note

Invalido has two main senses: a person with a disability (una persona invalida, un invalido di guerra — a war veteran with disabilities) and a legal/administrative document that is not valid (un contratto invalido — an invalid contract). As a noun, un invalido refers to a disabled person; modern Italian prefers persona con disabilità in formal contexts. False friend alert: English 'invalid' (sick person) overlaps but is not identical.

Examples

"Il documento è stato dichiarato invalido."

Natural Translation

The document was declared invalid.

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