🇮🇹 Italian

danza

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feminine

la danza

dance

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danza
/la ˈdantsa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say danza in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈdantsa/

How do you pronounce danza in Italian?

danza is pronounced /la ˈdantsa/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La danza classica è molto elegante e affascinante.

Classical dance is very elegant and fascinating.

Quella danza tradizionale italiana è stata eseguita da ballerine professioniste.

That traditional Italian dance was performed by professional female dancers.

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Why is it feminine?

Danza is feminine because it derives from the Latin "dantia," which was a feminine noun. Italian preserved the feminine gender through the Romance language evolution, retaining the feminine ending "-a" from its Latin ancestor, a typical marker of feminine nouns in Italian.

What is the Italian word for dance?

The Italian word for dance is la danza — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchdanselafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishbaile flips!elmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesedançaafeminine

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