🇮🇹 Italian

chitarra

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feminine

la chitarra

guitar

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chitarra
/la kiˈtarra/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say chitarra in Italian?

IPA
/la kiˈtarra/

How do you pronounce chitarra in Italian?

chitarra is pronounced /la kiˈtarra/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La chitarra classica è più difficile da imparare rispetto alla chitarra elettrica.

The classical guitar is more difficult to learn compared to the electric guitar.

Questa chitarra antica è stata restaurata da un artigiano esperto.

This antique guitar was restored by a skilled craftsman.

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Why is it feminine?

Chitarra is feminine because it derives from Latin "cithara," which was itself borrowed from Greek "kithara" (κιθάρα) and retained the feminine gender of its classical source. The -a ending in Italian typically signals feminine nouns, reinforcing this gender assignment from the original Latin.

What is the Italian word for guitar?

The Italian word for guitar is la chitarra — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchguitarelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishguitarralafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseguitarraafeminine

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