🇮🇹 Italian

pentola

feminine

la pentola

pot

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pentola
/la ˈpɛntola/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pentola in Italian?

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/la ˈpɛntola/

How do you pronounce pentola in Italian?

pentola is pronounced /la ˈpɛntola/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La pentola rossa è molto calda e brucia facilmente.

The red pot is very hot and burns easily.

Ho comprato una pentola nuova perché la vecchia era rotta.

I bought a new pot because the old one was broken.

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Why is it feminine?

Pentola (pot) is feminine. Like many Italian nouns ending in "-a," it inherited the feminine gender that was standard for Latin first-declension nouns. The word likely derives from Latin sources related to cooking vessels, though the exact etymological path is uncertain.

What is the Italian word for pot?

The Italian word for pot is la pentola — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇪🇸 Spanishollalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesepanelaafeminine

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