🇮🇹 Italian

ladri

masculine

i ladri

thieves

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ladri
/i ˈlaːdri/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ladri in Italian?

IPA
/i ˈlaːdri/

How do you pronounce ladri in Italian?

ladri is pronounced /i ˈlaːdri/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il ladro veloce è stato catturato dalla polizia.

The fast thief was caught by the police.

Un ladro pericoloso si è nascosto nel palazzo abbandonato.

A dangerous thief hid himself in the abandoned palace.

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Why is it masculine?

Ladri (thief) is masculine because it derives from Latin "latronem" (accusative of "latro"), which was already masculine in Latin, and Italian preserved this gender assignment from its Romance language ancestor. The Latin root itself likely comes from "latrocinium" (robbery/banditry), maintaining the masculine gender convention for agent nouns in that declension.

What is the Italian word for thieves?

The Italian word for thieves is i ladri — masculine.

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