What does disdetta in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word disdetta in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use disdetta in Italian.
The word disdetta in Italian means cancellation, termination, misfortune, bad luck, cancel, call off, annul, be unbecoming, retract, deny. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word disdetta
cancellation, terminationsostantivo femminile (recessione di un contratto) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Abbiamo bisogno di una disdetta scritta perché la dichiarazione a voce non è sufficiente. We need a written cancellation, as a verbal one is not sufficient. |
misfortune, bad lucksostantivo femminile (sfortuna) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Il nostro miglior giocatore ha l'influenza, che disdetta! Our best player has the flu, what bad luck (or: misfortune)! |
cancel, call off, annulverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (un impegno, prenotazione) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Per motivi di salute abbiamo dovuto disdire la nostra vacanza al mare. We had to cancel our seaside holiday due to illness. |
be unbecomingverbo intransitivo (formale (non confarsi a) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") Queste azioni si disdicono a un funzionario onesto. These actions are unbecoming of an honest government official. |
retract, denyverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (formale (smentire, ritrattare) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Siccome Luca disdice molto spesso quello promette io faccio assai poco affidamento sul suo aiuto. Seeing as Luca often breaks the promises he makes I don't rely on his help much. |
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