🇮🇹 Italian

crescita

feminine

la crescita

growth

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crescita
/la ˈkreʃʃita/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say crescita in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈkreʃʃita/

How do you pronounce crescita in Italian?

crescita is pronounced /la ˈkreʃʃita/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La crescita economica italiana è stata lenta quest'anno.

Italian economic growth has been slow this year. (The feminine adjective 'economica' and 'italiana' agree with the feminine noun 'crescita')

Una crescita sostenibile è essenziale per il nostro futuro.

Sustainable growth is essential for our future. (The feminine article 'una' and feminine adjective 'sostenibile' agree with the feminine noun 'crescita')

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Why is it feminine?

Crescita is feminine because it ends in "-a", the standard feminine singular ending in Italian. The word derives from the Latin verb "crescere" (to grow), and the suffix "-ita" (from Latin "-itas") was commonly used to form feminine nouns denoting abstract concepts or results of actions. Italian nouns ending in "-a" are typically feminine, and "crescita" follows this regular pattern.

What is the Italian word for growth?

The Italian word for growth is la crescita — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchcroissancelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishcrecimiento flips!elmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesecrescimento flips!omasculine

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