🇮🇹 italiano

spiriti

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

gli spiriti

spirits

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spiriti
/ʎi ˈspiːriti/
← masculine feminine →

Come si dice spiriti in italiano?

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/ʎi ˈspiːriti/

How do you pronounce spiriti in italiano?

spiriti is pronounced /ʎi ˈspiːriti/ in italiano.

Frasi di esempio

Lo spirito italiano è molto forte e orgoglioso.

The Italian spirit is very strong and proud. (masculine adjectives: italiano, forte, orgoglioso agree with lo spirito)

Lo spirito del defunto era inquieto e tormentato.

The spirit of the deceased was restless and tormented. (masculine adjectives: inquieto, tormentato agree with lo spirito; the masculine gender matters because it describes a ghostly entity's emotional state)

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Perché è masculine?

Spiriti is masculine because it derives from Latin "spiritus," which was a second-declension masculine noun meaning "breath" or "spirit," and Italian preserved this grammatical gender from its Romance language evolution. The Latin masculine ending -us naturally became the Italian masculine ending -o, maintaining the gender throughout the language's development.

Come si dice spirits in italiano?

In italiano, spirits si dice gli spiriti — masculine.

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