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il passato
past
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How do you say passato in Italian?
How do you pronounce passato in Italian?
passato is pronounced /il pasˈsaːto/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il passato remoto è un tempo verbale molto importante nella letteratura italiana classica.
The remote past is a very important verbal tense in classical Italian literature.
Un passato glorioso ha reso questa città famosa in tutto il mondo.
A glorious past has made this city famous throughout the world.
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Why is it masculine?
Passato (past) is masculine because it is derived from the Latin past participle "passus," which is masculine. In Italian, the -o ending is the standard masculine singular ending for adjectives and nouns, and "passato" maintains this masculine form from Latin. While "passus" comes from the verb "patior" (to suffer), the word "passato" in modern Italian functions primarily as an adjective meaning "past" or "bygone," and can also be used as a noun meaning "the past." The masculine gender is preserved through the standard masculine -o ending.
What is the Italian word for past?
The Italian word for past is il passato — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | pasado | el | masculine |
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