guastare
Meaning
- (transitive) to ruin, to damage
- (transitive) to break (to cause to stop functioning properly)
- (transitive) to corrupt, lead astray
- (transitive) to undo in order to do again, usually in a different way (typically of knitting)
- (obsolete, transitive) to destroy, lay waste (to)
- (obsolete, transitive) to mutilate
- (obsolete, transitive) to execute (to put to death)
- (intransitive, transitive) to be unpleasant or harmful
Concepts
Synonyms
rendere inservibile
ridurre male
mettere fuori servizio
rendere spiacevole
r’uastà
far male
Translations
Hyphenated as
gua‧stà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡwasˈta.re/
Etymology
From Latin vastāre, influenced by Frankish *wōstijan. Compare Portuguese gastar, Spanish gastar (“to spend”).
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