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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesavversità
Pronunciation / Transliteration: avversità
"Ha affrontato ogni avversità con determinazione."
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A state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune.
"She showed great courage in the face of adversity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Old French adversite, from Latin adversitas, from adversus 'turned against, hostile'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "adversity" is said worldwide
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adversité
Transliteration: adversité
"Il a su surmonter l'adversité avec un grand courage."
Widerwärtigkeit
Transliteration: Widerwärtigkeit
"Sie bewies große Stärke angesichts der Widerwärtigkeiten."
avversità
Transliteration: avversità
"Ha affrontato ogni avversità con determinazione."
adversidad
Transliteration: adversidad
"Demostró una gran fortaleza frente a la adversidad."
adversidade
Transliteration: adversidade
"Eles perseveraram apesar de toda a adversidade."
प्रतिकूलता
Transliteration: pratikoolta
"उसने हर प्रतिकूलता का डटकर सामना किया।"
逆境
Transliteration: nìjìng
"他在逆境中展现出了极大的勇气。"
역경
Transliteration: yeokgyeong
"그는 역경 속에서도 굴하지 않았다."
逆境
Transliteration: gyakkyou
"彼女は逆境に負けず努力を続けた。"
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