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la guancia
cheek
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How do you say guancia in Italian?
How do you pronounce guancia in Italian?
guancia is pronounced /la ˈɡwantʃa/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La guancia rossa della bambina era bagnata di lacrime.
The little girl's red cheek was wet with tears.
Ho toccato la guancia morbida di mia nonna con affetto.
I touched my grandmother's soft cheek affectionately.
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Why is it feminine?
Guancia (cheek) is feminine because it derives from Latin "gena" (cheek), which belonged to the first declension pattern (-a ending) typically assigned to feminine nouns in Latin. This -a ending became the standard feminine marker in Romance languages, and Italian inherited this feminine form as "guancia."
What is the Italian word for cheek?
The Italian word for cheek is la guancia — feminine.
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