🇮🇹 Italian

passioni

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feminine

le passioni

passions

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passioni
/le pasˈsjoːni/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say passioni in Italian?

IPA
/le pasˈsjoːni/

How do you pronounce passioni in Italian?

passioni is pronounced /le pasˈsjoːni/ 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?

Passioni 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 passions?

The Italian word for passions is le passioni — feminine.

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