massacro
massacre
noun mahs-SAH-kroh Less Common
Origin: Old French massacre, origin uncertain
Also means
slaughter
Usage Note
Massacro is masculine. Colloquially it is used hyperbolically for a disaster or thrashing in sport (è stato un massacro = it was a massacre / disaster). The verb is massacrare (to massacre). Regular plural: massacri.
Examples
"La storia ricorda quel massacro con orrore."
Natural Translation
History remembers that massacre with horror.
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