🇮🇹 Italian

sacco

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masculine

il sacco

sack

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sacco
/il ˈsakko/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sacco in Italian?

IPA
/il ˈsakko/

How do you pronounce sacco in Italian?

sacco is pronounced /il ˈsakko/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il sacco grande era pieno di grano.

The big bag was full of grain.

Ho comprato un sacco nuovo per la spesa.

I bought a new bag for shopping.

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Why is it masculine?

Sacco is masculine because it derives from Latin "saccus," which was itself borrowed from Greek "sakkos" and was grammatically masculine in Latin; Italian inherited this masculine gender along with the word itself, as most Latin masculine nouns ending in -us became masculine nouns ending in -o in Italian.

What is the Italian word for sack?

The Italian word for sack is il sacco — masculine.

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