Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From German Havarie or Italian avaria.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xǎʋaːrija/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧va‧ri‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun

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hàvārija f (Cyrillic spelling ха̀ва̄рија)

  1. accident, crash, wreck (especially shipwreck, emergency, average (i.e. situation caused by damage, breakdown or failure)
  2. damage, breakdown, fault, failure, crash
  3. (figuratively) misfortune

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