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)

1. reckless, heedless, scatterbrained, silly

Derived terms

• sventataggine
• sventatamente
• sventatezza

Noun

sventato m (plural sventati, feminine sventata)

1. scatterbrain

Participle

sventato (feminine sventata, masculine plural sventati, feminine plural sventate)

1. past participle of sventare

Anagrams

• stentavo, svettano