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Meaning of nefastus | Babel Free

Adjective feminine CEFR B2
[nɛˈfaːs.tʊs]

Definitions

  1. on which judgment could not be pronounced or assemblies of the people be held
    adjective, declension-1, declension-2
  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
Bosanski peka
Català pecaminós
Dansk syndig
Esperanto malpia peka
Español impío pecaminoso
Hrvatski peka
Magyar bűnös
Bahasa Indonesia durhaka keparat
Lietuvių bedieviškas
Nederlands zondig
Português ímpio pecaminoso
Română Păcătos
Slovenčina hriešny
Српски peka
Tagalog lapastangan

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

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

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