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seccatura

nuisance

noun sek-kah-TOO-rah Rare

Also means

bother

Usage Note

Seccatura is a colloquial and expressive word for an annoying inconvenience or bother — stronger than fastidio and more dismissive. It derives from seccare (to dry out; colloquially, to bore or annoy). The phrase che seccatura! (what a nuisance!) is very common in everyday speech. Plural seccature.

Examples

"Che seccatura dover ricominciare da capo!"

Natural Translation

What a nuisance having to start over from scratch!

Literal Translation

What nuisance must-to-restart from the-beginning!

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