🇮🇹 Italian

cacciaviti

masculine

i cacciaviti

screwdrivers

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cacciaviti
/i kattʃaˈviːti/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cacciaviti in Italian?

IPA
/i kattʃaˈviːti/

How do you pronounce cacciaviti in Italian?

cacciaviti is pronounced /i kattʃaˈviːti/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il cacciavite rosso è caduto dal tavolo e si è rotto.

The red screwdriver fell from the table and broke.

Ho cercato il cacciavite nuovo, ma era ancora nella scatola originale.

I looked for the new screwdriver, but it was still in the original box.

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Why is it masculine?

Cacciaviti is masculine. While it derives from "caccia" (hunt/chase, from the verb "cacciare") combined with "vite" (screw, feminine), the compound word is treated as masculine in Italian. This is an example of a compound word whose gender does not follow predictably from its components—despite containing the feminine noun "vite," "cacciavite" is grammatically masculine and must be used with masculine articles and adjectives (il cacciavite, un cacciavite).

What is the Italian word for screwdrivers?

The Italian word for screwdrivers is i cacciaviti — masculine.

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