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masculine
il cavallo
horse
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cavallo
/il kaˈvallo/
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How do you say cavallo in Italian?
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/il kaˈvallo/
How do you pronounce cavallo in Italian?
cavallo is pronounced /il kaˈvallo/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il cavallo nero è veloce e intelligente.
The black horse is fast and intelligent.
Questo cavallo bianco appartiene a un contadino ricco.
This white horse belongs to a rich farmer.
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Why is it masculine?
Cavallo (horse) derives from Latin "caballus," which was a masculine noun, and Italian retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes and inheritance patterns from Latin. The masculine gender has no deeper etymological reason—it's simply the gender the word carried from its Latin ancestor.
What is the Italian word for horse?
The Italian word for horse is il cavallo — masculine.
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