Accordpomeriggi
i pomeriggi
afternoons
Try it
How do you say pomeriggi in Italian?
How do you pronounce pomeriggi in Italian?
pomeriggi is pronounced /i pomeˈriddʒi/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il pomeriggio scorso ho visto un film bellissimo al cinema.
The afternoon that just passed, I saw a very beautiful film at the cinema. (masculine: 'il' and 'scorso' agree with 'pomeriggio')
Ogni pomeriggio soleggiato, mio padre passeggia nel parco vicino.
Every sunny afternoon, my father takes a walk in the nearby park. (masculine: 'soleggiato' is masculine singular to agree with 'pomeriggio')
Swipe pomeriggi in Accord
Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Italian.
Why is it masculine?
Pomeriggi is masculine because it derives from the Latin "post meridiem" (after midday), and when this phrase was contracted into a single word in Italian, it took the masculine gender of "meridiem" (from "meridies," a masculine noun meaning midday or south). The word essentially preserved the gender of its primary Latin component despite the semantic shift from a time-phrase to a concrete noun meaning "afternoon."
What is the Italian word for afternoons?
The Italian word for afternoons is i pomeriggi — masculine.
Practice with Accord
Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Italian.