🇮🇹 italiano

difetto

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

il difetto

defect

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difetto
/il diˈfɛtto/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice difetto en italiano?

AFI
/il diˈfɛtto/

How do you pronounce difetto in italiano?

difetto is pronounced /il diˈfɛtto/ in italiano.

Frases de ejemplo

Il difetto principale del prodotto è che la batteria si scarica troppo velocemente.

The main defect of the product is that the battery drains too quickly.

Ho scoperto un difetto grave nel motore durante l'ispezione tecnico.

I discovered a serious defect in the engine during the technical inspection.

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¿Por qué es masculine?

Difetto is masculine because it derives from the Latin "defectus," the past participle of "deficere" (to fail or lack), which is inherently masculine in gender—a pattern that Romance languages generally preserved for Latin adjectives and past participles that became nouns. Latin past participles ending in -us were typically masculine, and Italian maintained this gender assignment when the word became a noun meaning "defect" or "fault."

¿Cómo se dice defect en italiano?

En italiano, defect se dice il difetto — masculine.

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