🇮🇹 Italian

pigrizie

feminine

le pigrizie

lazinesses

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pigrizie
/le piˈɡrittsje/
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How do you say pigrizie in Italian?

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/le piˈɡrittsje/

How do you pronounce pigrizie in Italian?

pigrizie is pronounced /le piˈɡrittsje/ 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.

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Why is it feminine?

Pigrizie 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 lazinesses?

The Italian word for lazinesses is le pigrizie — feminine.

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