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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