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dissesto

disorder, financial ruin

noun dees-SES-toh Rare

Also means

disruption, disarray

Usage Note

Dissesto is always masculine and typically refers to a serious financial or structural breakdown: dissesto finanziario (financial insolvency), dissesto idrogeologico (hydrogeological instability — landslides, floods). The latter compound is very common in Italian environmental journalism. Do not confuse with disagio (discomfort, hardship), which is milder.

Examples

"Il comune è in grave dissesto finanziario."

Natural Translation

The municipality is in serious financial distress.

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