🇮🇹 Italian

angelo

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masculine

l' angelo

angel

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angelo
/ˈlandʒelo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say angelo in Italian?

IPA
/ˈlandʒelo/

How do you pronounce angelo in Italian?

angelo is pronounced /ˈlandʒelo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo angelo biondo proteggeva il bambino con le sue ali candide.

The blond angel was protecting the child with his white wings.

L'angelo celeste apparve al profeta in una visione straordinaria.

The heavenly angel appeared to the prophet in an extraordinary vision.

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Why is it masculine?

Angelo is masculine in Italian because it derives from the Latin "angelus," which was itself borrowed from Greek "angelos" (ἄγγελος), and Latin nouns ending in -us were grammatically masculine, a gender assignment that carried forward into Italian's evolution from Latin.

What is the Italian word for angel?

The Italian word for angel is l' angelo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchangel'masculine
🇪🇸 Spanishángelelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseanjoomasculine

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