guaio

Meaning

1. (archaic, literary, masculine, plural-normally) lament, lamentation, cry
2. (masculine, plural-normally) hardship, misfortune
3. (broadly, masculine) trouble, difficulty, mess, pickle, fix, woe, jam

Concepts

trouble

woe

misfortune

mess

bad luck

disagreeableness

muddle

disaster

wreck

fix

shemozzle

jam

harm

pickle

problem

scrape

suffering

tough luck

unluckiness

worry

har

kettle of fish

accident

malfortune

affliction

calamity

difficulty

disagreeability

hole

🕳️

ill luck

jinx

misadventure

mischance

misery

mishap

natural resin

Synonyms

pasticcio

🥧

problema

sventura

difficoltà

disgrazia

impiccio

intoppo

disastro

disdetta

inconveniente

casotto

🛖

malanno

contrarietà

fatalità

impatto

interferenza

ostruzione

scombussolamento

scoraggiamento

seccatura

sfortuna

spiacevolezza

tumulto

diligenza

dolore

freno

imbroglio

situazione

avversità

briga

capriccio

casino

catastrofe

dilemma

disagio

Translations

desgracia

pétrin

lío

ennui

desdicha

desastre

desgraça

infortúnio

Unglück

pépin

gâchis

malheur

peine

malchance

Hyphenated as

guà‧io

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡwa.jo/

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wai (“expression of grief”). Alternatively from Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí), from the verse in Revelation 8:13. Compare English woe, German Weh, Latin vae.