🇮🇹 Italian

racconto

masculine

il racconto

tale

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racconto
/il rakˈkonto/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say racconto in Italian?

IPA
/il rakˈkonto/

How do you pronounce racconto in Italian?

racconto is pronounced /il rakˈkonto/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il racconto breve che ho letto ieri era molto affascinante.

The short story that I read yesterday was very fascinating.

Questo racconto interessante merita di essere pubblicato perché è scritto bene.

This interesting story deserves to be published because it is well written.

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Why is it masculine?

Racconto is masculine because Italian nouns ending in "-o" are typically masculine by default grammatical convention. The word derives from the Latin "recomputare" (to recount), and the noun form "racconto" (tale/story) is the nominalization of this verb root.

What is the Italian word for tale?

The Italian word for tale is il racconto — masculine.

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