No. 520 in Italian
avvenuto
"Avvenuto" means "occurred" or "happened" in English.
In a sentence
L'incidente è avvenuto ieri sera.
The accident occurred last night.
Here, 'avvenuto' is the past participle of the verb 'avvenire', used to indicate that an event took place in the past.
Questo cambiamento è avvenuto gradualmente.
This change occurred gradually.
In this case, 'avvenuto' describes the way a change happened, indicating a process over time.
Se avvenuto, il silenzio rappresenta un'assunzione di colpa.
If occurred, the silence represents an assumption of guilt.
Here, 'avvenuto' is used in a conditional clause to denote the hypothetical occurrence of an event.
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