🇮🇹 Italian

problema

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masculine

il problema

problem

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problema
/il proˈblɛːma/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say problema in Italian?

IPA
/il proˈblɛːma/

How do you pronounce problema in Italian?

problema is pronounced /il proˈblɛːma/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il problema principale è che il nostro nuovo progetto è troppo costoso.

The main problem is that our new project is too expensive.

Abbiamo identificato un problema grave nel sistema informatico della nostra azienda.

We have identified a serious problem in our company's computer system.

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Why is it masculine?

Problema is masculine in Italian because it comes from the Latin "problema" (derived from Greek "próblēma"), which was already masculine in Latin, and Italian generally preserves the gender of Latin nouns ending in -a that came from Greek sources. This is an exception to the typical rule that Italian -a nouns are feminine, a pattern shared with other Greek-origin words like "sistema" and "programma."

What is the Italian word for problem?

The Italian word for problem is il problema — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchproblèmelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishproblemaelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseproblemaomasculine

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