🇮🇹 Italian

momento

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masculine

il momento

moment

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momento
/il moˈmento/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say momento in Italian?

IPA
/il moˈmento/

How do you pronounce momento in Italian?

momento is pronounced /il moˈmento/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il momento giusto è arrivato finalmente.

The right moment has finally arrived.

Questo momento importante della mia vita non lo dimenticherò mai.

This important moment of my life I will never forget.

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Why is it masculine?

Momento is masculine in Italian because it derives from the Latin masculine noun "momentum" (meaning movement or importance), and Italian retained the masculine gender of its Latin source word. Like most Italian nouns ending in -o, it follows the regular pattern of masculine gender assignment inherited from Latin masculine -um endings.

What is the Italian word for moment?

The Italian word for moment is il momento — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmomentlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishmomentoelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesemomentoomasculine

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