Wordil contrattempoMeaningthe unexpected problem / the hitchPart of speechnounPronunciationCourseItalianLessonFuture in the pastUsages of il contrattempoHa spiegato che avrebbe fatto tardi per un contrattempo.He explained that he would be late due to an unexpected problem.Abbiamo avuto un contrattempo, altrimenti saremmo arrivati prima.We had an unexpected problem, otherwise we would have arrived earlier.