🇮🇹 Italian

bugie

feminine

le bugie

lies

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bugie
/le buˈdʒiːe/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say bugie in Italian?

IPA
/le buˈdʒiːe/

How do you pronounce bugie in Italian?

bugie is pronounced /le buˈdʒiːe/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La bugia grande che ha detto mi ha ferito profondamente.

The big lie that he told me hurt me deeply.

Quella bugia crudele è stata scoperta da tutti i suoi amici.

That cruel lie was discovered by all of her friends.

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Why is it feminine?

Bugie is feminine because it derives from Latin "bugium" or through Vulgar Latin forms related to "bucca" (mouth/cheek), maintaining the feminine gender that was inherited from Latin. The word evolved semantically from a physical reference to mean "lie" in Italian, but retained its original feminine gender classification.

What is the Italian word for lies?

The Italian word for lies is le bugie — feminine.

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