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tragicommedia

tragicomedy

noun trah-jee-kohm-MEH-dyah Rare

Usage Note

Tragicommedia is a feminine noun for a theatrical or narrative work blending tragic and comic elements. In everyday Italian it is also used colloquially to describe a situation that is simultaneously absurd and painful: La sua vita è una tragicommedia. The plural is regular: tragicommedie.

Examples

"Lo spettacolo era una vera tragicommedia."

Natural Translation

The show was a true tragicomedy.

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