🇮🇹 Italian

agli

masculine

gli agli

garlics

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agli
/ʎi ˈaʎʎi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say agli in Italian?

IPA
/ʎi ˈaʎʎi/

How do you pronounce agli in Italian?

agli is pronounced /ʎi ˈaʎʎi/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo aglio fresco che ho comprato al mercato è molto profumato.

The fresh garlic that I bought at the market is very fragrant.

Questo aglio italiano è il migliore per la pasta all'aglio e olio.

This Italian garlic is the best for garlic and oil pasta.

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Why is it masculine?

Agli (garlic) is masculine because it derives from Latin "allium," which was a masculine second-declension noun, and Italian retained this gender designation when the word evolved phonetically. The Latin masculine gender was preserved through regular sound changes during the Romance language development.

What is the Italian word for garlics?

The Italian word for garlics is gli agli — masculine.

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