🇮🇹 Italian

doveri

masculine

i doveri

duties

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doveri
/i doˈveːri/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say doveri in Italian?

IPA
/i doˈveːri/

How do you pronounce doveri in Italian?

doveri is pronounced /i doˈveːri/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il dovere principale di un padre è proteggere i suoi figli.

The main duty of a father is to protect his children.

Questo dovere è molto importante e non deve essere mai dimenticato.

This duty is very important and must never be forgotten.

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Why is it masculine?

Doveri is masculine because it derives from the Latin "debere" (to owe), which as a noun became "debitum" (debt/duty), a neuter form that evolved into the masculine in Italian following the general Romance language pattern where Latin neuter nouns shifted to masculine gender. The semantic shift from "debt" to "duty/obligation" preserved this masculine classification.

What is the Italian word for duties?

The Italian word for duties is i doveri — masculine.

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