porti
i porti
ports
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How do you say porti in Italian?
How do you pronounce porti in Italian?
porti is pronounced /i ˈpɔrti/ in Italian.
Example sentences
Il porto principale è molto grande e affollato di navi commerciali.
The main port is very large and crowded with commercial ships.
Questo porto antico è stato completamente restaurato per diventare una destinazione turistica.
This ancient port has been completely restored to become a tourist destination.
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Why is it masculine?
Porti is masculine because it derives from Latin "portus" (harbor/port), which was a second-declension masculine noun, and Italian preserved this masculine gender along with the vowel shift from -us to -o that characterizes masculine singular nouns. The Latin masculine gender was maintained through regular sound changes as the language evolved from Vulgar Latin to Italian.
What is the Italian word for ports?
The Italian word for ports is i porti — masculine.
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