🇮🇹 Italian

primavera

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feminine

la primavera

spring

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primavera
/la primaˈvɛːra/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say primavera in Italian?

IPA
/la primaˈvɛːra/

How do you pronounce primavera in Italian?

primavera is pronounced /la primaˈvɛːra/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La primavera è arrivata presto quest'anno, portando fiori bellissimi nei giardini.

Spring arrived early this year, bringing very beautiful flowers to the gardens.

La primavera scorsa è stata caratterizzata da piogge frequenti e temperature miti.

Last spring was characterized by frequent rains and mild temperatures.

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Why is it feminine?

Primavera is feminine because it derives from the Latin "prima vera" (first true [season]), where "vera" (true) is feminine, and this feminine gender was retained when the two words merged into a single noun in Italian. The feminine article and adjectives that accompany it preserve this Latin grammatical gender.

What is the Italian word for spring?

The Italian word for spring is la primavera — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchprintemps flips!lemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishprimaveralafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseprimaveraafeminine

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