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traumatizzare

to traumatize

verb trah-oo-mah-teed-DZAH-reh Rare

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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