🇮🇹 Italian

petti

masculine

i petti

chests

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petti
/i ˈpɛtti/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say petti in Italian?

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/i ˈpɛtti/

How do you pronounce petti in Italian?

petti is pronounced /i ˈpɛtti/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il petto largo del nuotatore è il risultato di anni di allenamento intenso.

The swimmer's broad chest is the result of years of intense training.

Un petto muscoloso e ben definito richiede dedizione e una dieta appropriata.

A muscular and well-defined chest requires dedication and an appropriate diet.

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Why is it masculine?

Petti is masculine because it derives from Latin "pectus" (chest/breast), which belonged to the second declension neuter nouns, but in the Romance language evolution, Latin neuter nouns systematically shifted to masculine gender, making "petto" masculine by default inheritance from this broad phonetic and grammatical transformation.

What is the Italian word for chests?

The Italian word for chests is i petti — masculine.

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