What does scarto in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word scarto in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use scarto in Italian.

The word scarto in Italian means waste, scrap, deviation, swerve, reject, good-for-nothing, discard, unwrap, reject, discard. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word scarto

waste, scrap

sostantivo maschile (selezione: eliminato)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Gli scarti della produzione vengono rivenduti come rottami.
The production scraps are resold as junk.

deviation

sostantivo maschile (differenza numerica) (math, statistics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Come spiegate lo scarto di 2.000 € tra previsioni e spese effettive?
How can you explain the deviation between 2,000 euros in the estimate and the actual expense?

swerve

sostantivo maschile (deviazione improvvisa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Solo grazie a uno scarto tempestivo l'automobilista è riuscito a evitare il pedone distratto.
It was only thanks to a timely swerve that the driver managed to avoid the distracted pedestrian.

reject, good-for-nothing

sostantivo maschile (figurato, spregiativo (persona: inutile)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ma chi ha ingaggiato questo scarto che non è capace nemmeno di fare un dribbling?!
Who hired this reject who isn't even capable of dribbling?

discard

sostantivo maschile (carta: eliminazione) (cards)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Dopo l'eventuale scarto delle carte spaiate, il giocatore passa il turno all'avversario.
After his discard of all the useless cards, the player passed his turn to his opponent.

unwrap

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (togliere da confezione, aprire)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Ha scartato la scatola di cioccolatini per poterne offrire agli ospiti.
She unwrapped the box of chocolates so she could offer them to her guests.

reject, discard

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (eliminare, escludere)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Nel primo giro di selezioni vengono scartati i candidati che hanno presentato una documentazione incompleta.
Candidates that have provided incomplete documentation are rejected (or: discarded) in the first selection round.

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