What does sconfitta in Italian mean?

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

The word sconfitta in Italian means defeat, defeat, elimination, demise, defeated, beaten, eradicated, loser, defeat, beat, vanquish, overwhelm, crush, defeat, total failure. To learn more, please see the details below.

Listen to pronunciation

Meaning of the word sconfitta

defeat

sostantivo femminile (insuccesso)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sconfitta della nazionale di calcio in finale è stata un duro colpo.
The defeat of the national football team was a hard blow,

defeat, elimination, demise

sostantivo femminile (figurato (eliminazione)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La maggior parte delle favole termina con la sconfitta del male.
Most fables end with the defeat of evil.

defeated, beaten

aggettivo (battuto, vinto)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Per le squadre sconfitte è stata organizzata una festa di addio.

eradicated

aggettivo (debellato)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Fra le malattie sconfitte in Europa grazie ai vaccini vi è il morbillo.

loser

(chi ha subito una sconfitta)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Gli sconfitti hanno ricevuto come premio di consolazione una maglietta dell'evento sportivo.

defeat, beat

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (avere la meglio)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il giovane pugile ha sconfitto a sorpresa il campione in carica.
It was a surprise to the see the young boxer defeat (or: beat) the reigning champion.

vanquish, overwhelm, crush, defeat

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (eliminare)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Maria è un'idealista convinta di poter sconfiggere con le sue azioni il male nel mondo.
Maria is an idealist and is convinced she can defeat all that is wrong in the world through her own actions.

total failure

Let's learn Italian

So now that you know more about the meaning of sconfitta in Italian, you can learn how to use them through selected examples and how to read them. And remember to learn the related words that we suggest. Our website is constantly updating with new words and new examples so you can look up the meanings of other words you don't know in Italian.

Do you know about Italian

Italian (italiano) is a Romance language and is spoken by about 70 million people, most of whom live in Italy. Italian uses the Latin alphabet. The letters J, K, W, X and Y do not exist in the standard Italian alphabet, but they still appear in loanwords from Italian. Italian is the second most widely spoken in the European Union with 67 million speakers (15% of the EU population) and it is spoken as a second language by 13.4 million EU citizens (3%). Italian is the principal working language of the Holy See, serving as the lingua franca in the Roman Catholic hierarchy. An important event that helped to the spread of Italian was Napoleon's conquest and occupation of Italy in the early 19th century. This conquest spurred the unification of Italy several decades later and pushed the language of the Italian language. Italian became a language used not only among secretaries, aristocrats and the Italian courts, but also by the bourgeoisie.