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la padella
frying pan
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How do you say padella in Italian?
How do you pronounce padella in Italian?
padella is pronounced /la paˈdɛlla/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La padella antiaderente è molto utile per cucinare le uova senza olio.
The non-stick pan is very useful for cooking eggs without oil.
Ho comprato una padella nuova perché quella vecchia era rovinata.
I bought a new pan because the old one was damaged.
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Why is it feminine?
Padella is feminine because it derives from Latin "patella" (a small dish or pan), which was feminine in Latin, and Italian retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes. The diminutive suffix "-ella" in Italian also naturally tends to feminize nouns, reinforcing the feminine gender.
What is the Italian word for frying pan?
The Italian word for frying pan is la padella — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | sartén | la | feminine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | frigideira | a | feminine |
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