🇮🇹 Italian

operaio

masculine

l' operaio

worker

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operaio
/lopeˈraːjo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say operaio in Italian?

IPA
/lopeˈraːjo/

How do you pronounce operaio in Italian?

operaio is pronounced /lopeˈraːjo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo operaio giovane ha costruito il nuovo ponte con grande abilità.

The young male worker built the new bridge with great skill.

Lo operaio italiano è stato promosso a capo cantiere perché molto bravo.

The Italian male worker was promoted to foreman because he was very skilled.

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Why is it masculine?

Operaio is masculine because it derives from the Latin "operarius" (masculine noun meaning "worker" or "laborer"), which inherited the masculine gender of its root "opera" combined with the masculine agent suffix "-arius." This Latin masculine gender was preserved when the word evolved into Italian, keeping the -o ending typical of masculine nouns in the language.

What is the Italian word for worker?

The Italian word for worker is l' operaio — masculine.

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