🇮🇹 Italian

promesse

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feminine

le promesse

promises

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promesse
/le proˈmesse/
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How do you say promesse in Italian?

IPA
/le proˈmesse/

How do you pronounce promesse in Italian?

promesse is pronounced /le proˈmesse/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La promessa solenne che hai fatto ieri non può essere dimenticata.

The solemn promise that you made yesterday cannot be forgotten.

Quella promessa importante è stata mantenuta perfettamente da tutti gli studenti bravi.

That important promise was kept perfectly by all the good students.

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Why is it feminine?

Promesse is feminine because it derives from the Latin noun "promissa" (feminine past participle of "promittere"), which became a feminine noun in Latin. Italian inherited this feminine gender through normal sound changes from Latin, where first-declension words ending in -a were feminine. The -a ending in Italian consistently signals feminine gender for inherited Latin words.

What is the Italian word for promises?

The Italian word for promises is le promesse — feminine.

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