stravolgere

to overturn completely

verb strah-VOHL-jeh-reh Rare

Also means

to distort

Usage Note

Stravolgere is an irregular verb (like volgere); its past participle is stravolto. It conveys radical upheaval — stravolgere i piani (to completely overturn the plans), stravolto dalla fatica (exhausted, literally 'distorted by fatigue'). The prefix stra- intensifies volgere (to turn). It takes avere as its auxiliary.

Examples

"La notizia ha stravolto tutti i suoi piani."

Natural Translation

The news completely overturned all his plans.

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