🇮🇹 Italian

luogo

masculine

il luogo

place

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luogo
/il ˈlwɔːɡo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say luogo in Italian?

IPA
/il ˈlwɔːɡo/

How do you pronounce luogo in Italian?

luogo is pronounced /il ˈlwɔːɡo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il luogo storico è stato restaurato completamente.

The historic place has been completely restored.

Quello è un luogo bellissimo dove voglio tornare presto.

That is a very beautiful place where I want to return soon.

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Why is it masculine?

Luogo is masculine because it derives from the Latin "locum" (accusative of "locus"), which was a masculine noun, and Italian retained the masculine gender of its Latin ancestor. The -o ending in Italian typically marks masculine nouns, reinforcing this inherited grammatical gender.

What is the Italian word for place?

The Italian word for place is il luogo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchplace flips!lafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishlugarelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueselugaromasculine

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