Meaning
massacre, slaughter
- bloodbath, disaster (figurative)
In a sentence
La grandine ha fatto una strage di pomodori.
The hail wiped out the tomatoes.
Hai visto che strage all'esame di guida?
Did you see the bloodbath on the driving test?
Per fortuna non è stata una strage.
Luckily, it wasn't a massacre.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| strage | feminine · singular |
| stragi | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use strage for very large-scale killing; for a single murder, say omicidio, and for a generic massacre, massacro is often more neutral.
- Common in news and formal contexts: strage di civili, strage terroristica. It sounds strong and dramatic in everyday speech.
- With numbers or victims, Italian often uses di: una strage di innocenti, la strage di Capaci.