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il burro
butter
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How do you say burro in Italian?
How do you pronounce burro in Italian?
burro is pronounced /il ˈburro/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il burro fresco che ho comprato stamattina è già finito.
The fresh butter that I bought this morning is already gone.
Questo burro salato è troppo caro per essere buono.
This salted butter is too expensive to be good.
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Why is it masculine?
Burro (butter) is masculine in Italian because it derives from Latin "butyrum," which was itself a masculine noun borrowed from Greek "boutyron," and Italian preserved the masculine gender of its Latin source. The word entered European languages through Greek, which had adopted it from a non-Indo-European source, likely related to milk-making terminology in ancient trade languages.
What is the Italian word for butter?
The Italian word for butter is il burro — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | beurre | le | masculine |
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | mantequilla flips! | la | feminine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | manteiga flips! | a | feminine |
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