🇮🇹 Italian

braccia

feminine

le braccia

arms

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braccia
/le ˈbrattʃa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say braccia in Italian?

IPA
/le ˈbrattʃa/

How do you pronounce braccia in Italian?

braccia is pronounced /le ˈbrattʃa/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il braccio destro del paziente è completamente immobilizzato dopo l'operazione.

The patient's right arm is completely immobilized after the surgery.

Ho visto un braccio lungo e muscoloso che sollevava il pesante scatolone.

I saw a long and muscular arm lifting the heavy box.

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Why is it feminine?

Braccia is masculine because it derives from Latin "bracchium," which was itself borrowed from Greek "brachion" (βραχίων). In Latin, "bracchium" was a second-declension masculine noun (not third-declension), and Italian maintained this masculine gender when the word evolved through sound changes (Latin -um > Italian -o).

What is the Italian word for arms?

The Italian word for arms is le braccia — feminine.

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