🇮🇹 Italian

sorprese

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feminine

le sorprese

surprises

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sorprese
/le sorˈpreːze/
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How do you say sorprese in Italian?

IPA
/le sorˈpreːze/

How do you pronounce sorprese in Italian?

sorprese is pronounced /le sorˈpreːze/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La sorpresa più bella che abbia mai ricevuto era un viaggio inaspettato.

The most beautiful surprise that I've ever received was an unexpected trip.

Quella sorpresa straordinaria mi ha reso davvero felice.

That extraordinary surprise made me truly happy.

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Why is it feminine?

Sorprese is feminine because it ends in "-a", following the productive Italian gender system where the vast majority of words ending in "-a" are feminine nouns. The word derives from Latin "surpresa" (feminine), the past participle of "surprendere" (to surprise) used as a noun, and retained its feminine gender through the evolution from Latin to Italian.

What is the Italian word for surprises?

The Italian word for surprises is le sorprese — feminine.

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