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How do you say maestro in Italian?
How do you pronounce maestro in Italian?
maestro is pronounced /il maˈɛstro/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il maestro italiano è molto bravo nel suo lavoro.
The Italian master/teacher is very skilled at his job.
Il nostro maestro anziano ha insegnato per cinquant'anni.
Our elderly master/teacher taught for fifty years.
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Why is it masculine?
Maestro is masculine in Italian because it derives from the Latin "magister" (master), which was a masculine noun, and Italian preserved this grammatical gender through regular sound changes (Latin -er typically became Italian -o for masculine nouns). The word's association with skilled male craftsmen and teachers in medieval Italian society reinforced its masculine usage.
What is the Italian word for teacher?
The Italian word for teacher is il maestro — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | professeur | le | masculine |
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | maestro | el | masculine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | professor | o | masculine |
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