sventurato

unfortunate

adjective zven-too-RAH-toh Rare

Also means

wretched

Usage Note

Sventurato combines s- (privative prefix) and ventura (fortune, luck), literally 'without fortune.' It describes a person struck by bad luck or misfortune — il povero sventurato (the poor wretch). It can also be used ironically. The noun form is sventura (misfortune).

Examples

"Il povero sventurato perse tutto nell'incendio."

Natural Translation

The poor unfortunate lost everything in the fire.

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