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il ladro
thief
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How do you say ladro in Italian?
How do you pronounce ladro in Italian?
ladro is pronounced /il ˈlaːdro/ 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?
Ladro (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 thief?
The Italian word for thief is il ladro — masculine.
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