nefasto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nefāstus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈfa.sto/
• Rhymes: -asto
• Hyphenation: ne‧fà‧sto

Adjective

nefasto (feminine nefasta, masculine plural nefasti, feminine plural nefaste)

1. tragic, bad
2. inauspicious, ill-omened
3. wicked

Derived terms

• nefastamente

Anagrams

• Stefano, festona, fonaste

Latin

Adjective

nefāstō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nefāstus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nefāstus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈfas.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈfas.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /neˈfaʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈfas.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈfaʃ.tu/

Adjective

nefasto (feminine nefasta, masculine plural nefastos, feminine plural nefastas)

1. nocive, unfortunate, harmful, injurious
2. nefarious, malefic, malign

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin nefāstus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈfasto/ [neˈfas.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -asto
• Syllabification: ne‧fas‧to

Adjective

nefasto (feminine nefasta, masculine plural nefastos, feminine plural nefastas)

1. ill-omened, ominous

   Synonyms: aciago, funesto

2. disgraceful, loathsome

   Synonyms: desdichado, infausto

Further reading

• “nefasto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10