🇮🇹 Italian

ricordo

masculine

il ricordo

memory

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ricordo
/il riˈkɔrdo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ricordo in Italian?

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/il riˈkɔrdo/

How do you pronounce ricordo in Italian?

ricordo is pronounced /il riˈkɔrdo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il ricordo più bello della mia infanzia è stato il viaggio in montagna con mio nonno.

The most beautiful memory of my childhood was the trip to the mountains with my grandfather.

Quel ricordo doloroso mi ha segnato profondamente e non riesco a dimenticarlo.

That painful memory marked me deeply and I cannot forget it.

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Why is it masculine?

Ricordo is masculine because it derives from the Latin "recordum," which functioned as a masculine noun meaning "memory" or "recollection." While derived from the verb "recordari" (to remember), it evolved into a masculine noun in Italian following the standard phonetic evolution of Latin -um endings, which typically became masculine -o endings in Italian.

What is the Italian word for memory?

The Italian word for memory is il ricordo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsouvenirlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishrecuerdoelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesememória flips!afeminine

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