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invertito

inverted

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Also means

reversed

Usage Note

Invertito is the past participle of invertire (to invert, to reverse) used as an adjective. It describes something turned upside down or in the opposite direction — ordine invertito (reverse order), testo invertito (mirrored text). In older Italian it was also used as a pejorative term for homosexual, so context matters; modern usage is almost exclusively the neutral 'reversed/inverted' sense.

Examples

"Leggi la lista in ordine invertito."

Natural Translation

Read the list in reverse order.

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