🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

rifiuto

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ree-fyoo-toh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Waste/weɪst/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il rifiuto deve essere smaltito correttamente."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Material that is discarded after use or is no longer wanted.

    "The factory produces a lot of waste that needs to be properly disposed of."
As verb
  1. 1

    To use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

    "Don't waste your time on trivial matters."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'waste' originates from the Old French 'waste', which comes from the Latin 'vastare', meaning 'to lay waste, to devastate'. Over time, it evolved to encompass meanings related to loss, disposal, and inefficiency.

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