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sconfitto

defeated person

noun adjective skon-FEET-toh Rare
People & Society Military

Also means

loser

Usage Note

Sconfitto functions both as a noun ('the defeated one') and as an adjective ('defeated'). As a noun it follows regular gender agreement: lo sconfitto / la sconfitta. It derives from the past participle of sconfiggere ('to defeat'), so you will also see it in compound tenses: l'esercito è stato sconfitto ('the army was defeated').

Examples

"Lo sconfitto lasciò il campo in silenzio."

Natural Translation

The defeated man left the field in silence.

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