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il fratello
brother
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How do you say fratello in Italian?
How do you pronounce fratello in Italian?
fratello is pronounced /il fraˈtɛllo/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il mio fratello maggiore è molto intelligente e generoso.
My older brother is very intelligent and generous.
Il fratello di Marco è arrivato con un nuovo regalo bellissimo.
Marco's brother arrived with a beautiful new gift.
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Why is it masculine?
Fratello is masculine because it derives from Latin "frater," which was grammatically masculine in the second declension, and this gender was preserved when Romance languages evolved from Latin. The word's ending in "-o" also signals masculine gender in modern Italian, following the regular pattern where Latin masculine nouns ending in "-er" became "-o" in Italian.
What is the Italian word for brother?
The Italian word for brother is il fratello — masculine.
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