Meaning
unavoidable, inevitable
In a sentence
Con questo traffico, il ritardo è inevitabile.
With this traffic, the delay is inevitable.
Era inevitabile che litigaste dopo una giornata così stressante?
Was it inevitable that you would argue after such a stressful day?
La fine del film non era affatto inevitabile.
The ending of the movie was not inevitable at all.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| inevitabile | masculine · singular |
| inevitabile | feminine · singular |
| inevitabili | masculine · plural |
| inevitabili | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use inevitabile for outcomes or consequences. For a person or thing you cannot avoid meeting, prefer ineludibile or unavoidable wording.
- Often followed by che + subjunctive: È inevitabile che succeda. Learners often wrongly use the indicative after che.
- It agrees in gender and number: inevitabile, inevitabili. No separate masculine/feminine singular form.