🇮🇹 Italian

borse

feminine

le borse

bags

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borse
/le ˈbɔrse/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say borse in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈbɔrse/

How do you pronounce borse in Italian?

borse is pronounced /le ˈbɔrse/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La borsa rossa è molto grande e contiene molti documenti importanti.

The red bag is very large and contains many important documents.

Quella borsa nera è stata la mia preferita per anni, ma ora è vecchia e rotta.

That black bag has been my favorite for years, but now it's old and broken.

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Why is it feminine?

Borse is feminine because it derives from the Latin "bursa" (a pouch or purse), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and Italian retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes. The Latin feminine ending -a naturally became the Italian feminine marker, making "borsa" grammatically feminine.

What is the Italian word for bags?

The Italian word for bags is le borse — feminine.

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