polso
il polso
wrist
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How do you say polso in Italian?
How do you pronounce polso in Italian?
polso is pronounced /il ˈpolso/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il polso sinistro è gonfio e doloroso dopo la caduta.
The left wrist is swollen and painful after the fall.
Ho rotto il polso destro durante l'allenamento, quindi non posso scrivere.
I broke my right wrist during training, so I cannot write.
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Why is it masculine?
Polso (wrist) is masculine because it derives from Latin "pulsus" (pulse, beat), which is a second-declension masculine noun. Italian retained the masculine gender from its Latin ancestor through regular sound changes and gender preservation in Romance language evolution.
What is the Italian word for wrist?
The Italian word for wrist is il polso — masculine.
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