🇮🇹 Italian

avvocati

masculine

gli avvocati

lawyers

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avvocati
/ʎi avvoˈkaːti/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say avvocati in Italian?

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/ʎi avvoˈkaːti/

How do you pronounce avvocati in Italian?

avvocati is pronounced /ʎi avvoˈkaːti/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo avvocato esperto ha vinto la causa difficile.

The experienced (masculine) lawyer won the difficult case.

Quell'avvocato bravo è stato nominato giudice.

That skilled (masculine) lawyer was appointed judge.

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Why is it masculine?

Avvocati is masculine because it derives from the Latin "advocatus" (masculine noun), which originally referred to a person called upon to help or defend another, and Italian retained the masculine grammatical gender from its Latin ancestor. The suffix "-ato" in Italian typically produces masculine nouns, reinforcing this gender classification.

What is the Italian word for lawyers?

The Italian word for lawyers is gli avvocati — masculine.

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