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Meaning of nefastus | Babel Free

Adjective feminine CEFR B2

[nɛˈfaːs.tʊs]

Definitions

on which judgment could not be pronounced or assemblies of the people be held
adjective, declension-1, declension-2
contrary to the sacred rites or to religion; irreligious, impious; wicked, profane, abandoned; unlucky, inauspicious; hurtful
adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively

Equivalents

Беларуская грэ́шны

Български безбожен греховен грешен нечестив

Bosanski peka

Català pecaminós

Čeština bezbožný hříšný hříšný

Dansk syndig

Deutsch frevelhaft pietätlos pietätlos respektlos sündhaft sündhaft sündig

Ελληνικά αμαρτωλός ανίερος ασεβής

English Impious Profane sinful

Esperanto malpia peka

Español impío pecaminoso

Suomi jumalaton syntinen

Français coupable impie impie peccamineux pécheur

Gaeilge aindiaga éagráifeach

Hrvatski peka

Magyar bűnös

Bahasa Indonesia durhaka keparat

Italiano corrotto empi empi empio empio empio peccaminoso

日本語不信心な不敬な

Latina impius peccatus sacrilegus sceleratus

Lietuvių bedieviškas

Nederlands zondig zondig

Polski grzeszny

Português ímpio pecaminoso

Română Păcătos

Русский безбожный греховный грешный грешный непочти́тельный нечестивый

Slovenčina hriešny

Српски peka

Svenska gudlös ogudaktig syndig

Tagalog lapastangan

Türkçe günahkâr

Examples

“Ille et nefasto te posuit die...”

"Whoever planted you that cursed day..." (Horace, Ode II.13)

“Quid intactum nefasti liquimus?”

"What have we, in our impiety, left inviolate?" (Horace, Ode I.35)

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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