Accordpigrizia
la pigrizia
laziness
Try it
How do you say pigrizia in Italian?
How do you pronounce pigrizia in Italian?
pigrizia is pronounced /la piˈɡrittsja/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La pigrizia eccessiva ha rovinato la sua carriera promettente.
Excessive laziness ruined his promising career.
Quella pigrizia naturale la caratterizzava fin dall'infanzia.
That natural laziness characterized her from childhood.
Swipe pigrizia in Accord
Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Italian.
Why is it feminine?
Pigrizia is feminine because it derives from the Latin "pigritia," which was a feminine noun (following the first declension pattern ending in -ia), and Italian retained this grammatical gender when the word evolved from Latin through regular sound changes. The -ia ending in Italian typically signals feminine nouns, a pattern inherited directly from Latin feminine nouns of the first declension.
What is the Italian word for laziness?
The Italian word for laziness is la pigrizia — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | preguiça | a | feminine |
Practice with Accord
Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Italian.