🇮🇹 italiano

santo

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 santo

saint

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santo
/il ˈsanto/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice santo en italiano?

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/il ˈsanto/

How do you pronounce santo in italiano?

santo is pronounced /il ˈsanto/ in italiano.

Frases de ejemplo

Il santo cattolico ha dedicato la sua vita ai poveri.

The male saint dedicated his life to the poor.

Ogni santo italiano deve essere canonizzato dalla Chiesa.

Every male Italian saint must be canonized by the Church.

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¿Por qué es masculine?

Santo is masculine because it derives from the Latin "sanctus," which was the masculine nominative singular form. Italian inherited the masculine gender classification from Latin when the Romance languages evolved. The feminine form "santa" derives from the Latin feminine form "sancta." Gender assignments in Italian were largely preserved from their Latin origins through phonetic changes and grammatical evolution.

¿Cómo se dice saint en italiano?

En italiano, saint se dice il santo — masculine.

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