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kaput

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ka·put also ka·putt  (kä-pt, -pt, k-)
adj. Informal
Incapacitated or destroyed.

[German kaputt, from French capot, not having won a single trick at piquet, possibly from Provençal.]

kaput [kap-poot]
Adjective
Informal ruined or broken: the chronometer, incidentally, is kaput [German kaputt]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.kaput - destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
destroyed - spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"
Translations
kaput [kəˈput] adj (col) → roto, estropeado
kaput [kəˈput] adj (inf) → kaput
kaput [kəˈput] (inf) adj to be kaput → kaputt sein
kaput [kəˈput] adj (col) → kaputt inv


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