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fottuto

fucking, goddamn (vulgar intensifier)

adjective fot-TOO-toh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Degree

Also means

screwed, ruined

Usage Note

Fottuto is the past participle of fottere used as an adjective. As a pre-nominal intensifier it functions like English 'fucking' or 'goddamn': questo fottuto traffico ('this fucking traffic'). As a predicative adjective it means ruined, done for: siamo fottuti ('we're screwed'). It is strongly vulgar and restricted to informal speech. Feminine: fottuta; plural: fottuti/fottute.

Examples

"Siamo fottuti se non troviamo una soluzione."

Natural Translation

We're screwed if we don't find a solution.

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