imprevisto

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im.preˈvi.sto/
• Rhymes: -isto
• Hyphenation: im‧pre‧vì‧sto

Adjective

imprevisto (feminine imprevista, masculine plural imprevisti, feminine plural impreviste)

1. unforeseen, unexpected, unplanned, unlooked-for

   Synonyms: inatteso, inaspettato

   Antonym: previsto

Noun

imprevisto m (plural imprevisti)

1. unforeseen event, unexpected event, contingency

Related terms

• imprevedibile
• prevedere

Portuguese

Etymology

From in- +‎ previsto

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾeˈvis.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾeˈvis.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾeˈviʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾeˈvis.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾɨˈviʃ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾɨˈviʃ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾɨˈbiʃ.tu/ [ĩ.pɾɨˈβiʃ.tu]

• Hyphenation: im‧pre‧vis‧to

Adjective

imprevisto (feminine imprevista, masculine plural imprevistos, feminine plural imprevistas, not comparable)

1. unforeseen

Spanish

Etymology

From in- +‎ previsto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impɾeˈbisto/ [ĩm.pɾeˈβ̞is.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification: im‧pre‧vis‧to

Adjective

imprevisto (feminine imprevista, masculine plural imprevistos, feminine plural imprevistas)

1. unforeseen
2. unexpected

   Synonym: inesperado

Noun

imprevisto m (plural imprevistos)

1. unforeseen event; contingency

   me ha surgido un imprevisto

   something unexpected has come up (for me)

Further reading

• “imprevisto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014