🇮🇹 Italian

aeroporto

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masculine

l' aeroporto

airport

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aeroporto
/laeroˈpɔrto/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say aeroporto in Italian?

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/laeroˈpɔrto/

How do you pronounce aeroporto in Italian?

aeroporto is pronounced /laeroˈpɔrto/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo aeroporto internazionale è molto grande e moderno.

The international airport is very large and modern.

Abbiamo aspettato il nostro amico all'aeroporto principale perché era ritardato.

We waited for our friend at the main airport because he was delayed.

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Why is it masculine?

Aeroporto is masculine because it's a compound of "aero-" (from Latin "aer," neuter) combined with "-porto" (from Latin "portus," masculine), and in Italian compounds the gender of the second element typically determines the gender of the whole word, making it masculine.

What is the Italian word for airport?

The Italian word for airport is l' aeroporto — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchaéroportl'masculine
🇪🇸 Spanishaeropuertoelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseaeroportoomasculine

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