guasto

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡwas.to/ Rhymes: -asto Hyphenation: guà‧sto === Etymology 1 === From the short past participle of guastare (“to ruin”) in Tuscan; compare the Standard Italian participle guastato. Cognate with Piedmontese guast. ==== Adjective ==== guasto (feminine guasta, masculine plural guasti, feminine plural guaste) (obsolete) devastated, ruined, ravaged Synonyms: devastato, rovinato broken, out of order (of mechanisms, devices etc.) Synonym: rotto spoilt, rotten, gone bad (of food) Synonyms: marcio, andato a male damaged, ruined (of organs or body parts) Synonyms: sciupato, danneggiato (spiritually or morally) corrupt ==== Participle ==== guasto (feminine guasta, masculine plural guasti, feminine plural guaste) (Tuscan) synonym of guastato, past participle of guastare (obsolete) broken, violated, infringed Synonyms: infranto, rotto, violato === Etymology 2 === Deverbal from guastare +‎ -o. ==== Noun ==== guasto m (plural guasti) (obsolete or literary) devastation, ruin Synonyms: devastazione, rovina damage Synonym: danno breakdown, failure, fault Synonym: problema Il guasto è nel motore. ― The fault is in the engine. ===== Related terms ===== guastare guastarsi === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== guasto first-person singular present indicative of guastare === References === === Further reading === guasto1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana guasto2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Ledgeway, Adam. 2016. Italian, Tuscan, and Corsican. In Ledgeway, Adam & Maiden, Martin (eds.), The Oxford guide to the Romance languages, 206–227. Oxford: OUP.