🇮🇹 Italian

insalata

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feminine

l' insalata

salad

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insalata
/la insaˈlaːta/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say insalata in Italian?

IPA
/la insaˈlaːta/

How do you pronounce insalata in Italian?

insalata is pronounced /la insaˈlaːta/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La insalata verde è molto fresca e croccante.

The green salad is very fresh and crispy.

Quella insalata mista che ho preparato era deliziosa.

That mixed salad that I prepared was delicious.

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Why is it feminine?

Insalata is feminine because it derives from the Latin "insalata," a feminine noun meaning "salad" (from "insalare," meaning "to salt"). The feminine ending "-ata" is characteristic of many Italian feminine nouns, and this gender was retained as the word evolved from Latin into Italian.

What is the Italian word for salad?

The Italian word for salad is l' insalata — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsaladelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishensaladalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesesaladaafeminine

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