Usage Note
Traumatizzare is a regular -izzare verb meaning to cause psychological trauma. In everyday Italian it is also used hyperbolically for any unpleasant shock: quella notizia mi ha traumatizzato (that news traumatized me). The past participle traumatizzato functions as an adjective ('traumatized'). The auxiliary in compound tenses is avere.
Examples
"Quell'incidente l'ha traumatizzata per anni."
Natural Translation
That accident traumatized her for years.
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