🇮🇹 Italian

segreti

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masculine

i segreti

secrets

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segreti
/i seˈɡreːti/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say segreti in Italian?

IPA
/i seˈɡreːti/

How do you pronounce segreti in Italian?

segreti is pronounced /i seˈɡreːti/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il segreto ben custodito di Marco è rimasto nascosto per anni.

Mark's well-kept secret remained hidden for years.

Quel segreto importante non può essere rivelato a nessuno.

That important secret cannot be revealed to anyone.

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Why is it masculine?

Segreti is masculine because it derives from Latin "secretus" (past participle of "secernere," meaning to set apart or separate), which carried masculine gender that was preserved through the Romance language evolution. The -o ending in Italian consistently marks masculine nouns inherited from Latin masculine forms ending in -us.

What is the Italian word for secrets?

The Italian word for secrets is i segreti — masculine.

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