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massacro

massacre

noun mahs-SAH-kroh Less Common

Origin: Old French massacre, origin uncertain

Also means

slaughter

Usage Note

Massacro is masculine. Colloquially it is used hyperbolically for a disaster or thrashing in sport (è stato un massacro = it was a massacre / disaster). The verb is massacrare (to massacre). Regular plural: massacri.

Examples

"La storia ricorda quel massacro con orrore."

Natural Translation

History remembers that massacre with horror.

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