sventato
Italian
Etymology
Deverbal of sventare (“to foil, thwart”), probably with phonetic contamination from svuotato (“emptied, vented”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zvenˈta.to/
- Rhymes: -ato
- Hyphenation: sven‧tà‧to
Adjective
sventato (feminine sventata, masculine plural sventati, feminine plural sventate)
- reckless, heedless, scatterbrained, silly
Derived terms
- sventataggine
- sventatamente
- sventatezza
Noun
sventato m (plural sventati, feminine sventata)
- scatterbrain
Participle
sventato (feminine sventata, masculine plural sventati, feminine plural sventate)
- past participle of sventare
Anagrams
- stentavo, svettano