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Italian
Etymology
From s- + pietà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spjeˈta.to/
- Rhymes: -ato
- Hyphenation: spie‧tà‧to
Adjective
spietato (feminine spietata, masculine plural spietati, feminine plural spietate, superlative spietatissimo)
- merciless, ruthless, pitiless, cruel
- Synonym: malvagio
1836, Jacopo Ferretti, Torquato Tasso:ELEONORA: Rendermi il cor bëato / Perché, destin spietato, / Per poi cangiarmi in lagrime / Tanta felicità?- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- fierce, bitter, relentless
- Synonyms: feroce, insistente, incessante
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