🇮🇹 Italian

cascata

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feminine

la cascata

waterfall

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cascata
/la kasˈkaːta/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cascata in Italian?

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/la kasˈkaːta/

How do you pronounce cascata in Italian?

cascata is pronounced /la kasˈkaːta/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La cascata spettacolare che abbiamo visitato ieri era la più alta d'Italia.

The spectacular waterfall that we visited yesterday was the highest in Italy.

Quella cascata cristallina ci ha sorpreso per la sua bellezza inaspettata.

That crystalline waterfall surprised us with its unexpected beauty.

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Why is it feminine?

Cascata is feminine because it derives from the Latin "cadere" (to fall), and its participle form "cassum" developed into the feminine noun "cascata" through the productive Italian feminine suffix "-ata," which typically attaches to verb roots to create feminine nouns denoting actions or results (like "parlata" from "parlare").

What is the Italian word for waterfall?

The Italian word for waterfall is la cascata — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchcascadelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishcascadalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecachoeiraafeminine

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