Significado
disaster, calamity
En una frase
La sciagura ferroviaria ha sconvolto l'intero paese.
The train disaster shocked the whole country.
Quell'incendio fu una vera sciagura per la comunità.
That fire was a real disaster for the community.
Per fortuna non è stata una sciagura.
Luckily, it wasn't a disaster.
Formas de la palabra (2)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| sciagura | feminine · singular |
| sciagure | feminine · plural |
Notas de uso
- Stronger and more literary than disastro; often used in news, formal writing, or dramatic speech.
- Can also describe a person humorously: Che sciagura! = What a disaster! Don't assume it only refers to events.
- Common with verbs like essere, diventare, causare, evitare. Less often used in casual everyday speech than disastro.