🇮🇹 Italian

aglio

masculine

l' aglio

garlic

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aglio
/ˈlaʎʎo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say aglio in Italian?

IPA
/ˈlaʎʎo/

How do you pronounce aglio in Italian?

aglio is pronounced /ˈlaʎʎo/ 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?

Aglio (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 garlic?

The Italian word for garlic is l' aglio — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchaill'masculine
🇪🇸 Spanishajoelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesealhoomasculine

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