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il diritto
right
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How do you say diritto in Italian?
How do you pronounce diritto in Italian?
diritto is pronounced /il diˈritto/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il diritto costituzionale italiano è molto complesso e affascinante.
Italian constitutional law is very complex and fascinating. (The masculine adjectives 'costituzionale' and 'complesso' and 'affascinante' agree with the masculine noun 'diritto'; if it were feminine 'la diritra', they would end in -a)
Ho studiato il nuovo diritto del lavoro, che è stato approvato recentemente.
I studied the new labor law, which was recently approved. (The masculine article 'il' and adjective 'nuovo' agree with 'diritto'; the past participle 'approvato' is also masculine, showing the gender agreement extends to the relative clause)
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Why is it masculine?
Diritto is masculine because it derives from the Latin "directum" (neuter noun meaning "that which is straight" or "right"), which became grammatically masculine when absorbed into Italian's two-gender system, following the pattern where many Latin neuter nouns shifted to masculine in Romance languages.
What is the Italian word for right?
The Italian word for right is il diritto — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | derecho | el | masculine |
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