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selvatico

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adjective
  1. wildof a flower or animal
  2. untamedof an animal
  3. timid and unsociableof a person
  4. gamyof a taste or smell

Forms

adjective

masculine singularselvatico
feminineselvatica
masculine pluralselvatici
feminine pluralselvatiche

Used in the library

  • Si nascosero sul Vesuvio, che allora era una montagna verde, piena di viti selvatiche.They hid on Vesuvius, which was then a green mountain, full of wild vines.B1Spartaco — Spartacus
  • Nel giardino entra un gatto selvatico.A wild cat gets into the garden.B2Di nuovo, per favore (30) — Again, please (30) (B2)
  • Nelle colline la troupe incontra un cinghiale selvatico e scappa.In the hills the crew runs into a wild boar and flees.B2Di nuovo, per favore (19) — Again, please (19) (B2)
  • Nel parco ci sono pappagalli selvatici che vivono sui pini.In the park there are wild parrots that live in the pines.B2Di nuovo, per favore (7) — Again, please (7) (B2)

Other ways to say it

  • asocialeasocial, withdrawn; antisocial
  • selvaggiowild, savage; savage, primitive (of people)
  • timidoshy, timid, bashful, shamefaced, self-conscious

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