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How do you say passione in Italian?
How do you pronounce passione in Italian?
passione is pronounced /la pasˈsjoːne/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La passione ardente di Maria per la musica l'ha resa una compositrice famosa.
Maria's burning passion for music made her a famous composer. (The feminine adjective 'ardente' and article 'la' agree with the feminine noun 'passione,' showing that gender agreement affects how we describe her intense emotion.)
Quella passione sincera che hai sempre dimostrato è veramente straordinaria.
That sincere passion you have always shown is truly extraordinary. (The feminine adjective 'sincera' and demonstrative 'quella' must agree with 'passione' in the feminine; using 'sincero' or 'quello' would be grammatically incorrect and would change the meaning.)
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Why is it feminine?
Passione is feminine because it descends from the Latin "passio, passionis," which was a third-declension feminine noun referring to suffering or emotion, and Italian preserved this grammatical gender from its Latin ancestor.
What is the Italian word for passion?
The Italian word for passion is la passione — feminine.
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