Accordpomeriggio
il pomeriggio
afternoon
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How do you say pomeriggio in Italian?
How do you pronounce pomeriggio in Italian?
pomeriggio is pronounced /il pomeˈriddʒo/ 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')
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Why is it masculine?
Pomeriggio 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 afternoon?
The Italian word for afternoon is il pomeriggio — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | après-midi | l' | masculine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | tarde flips! | a | feminine |
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