🇮🇹 Italian

spazzola

feminine

la spazzola

brush

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spazzola
/la ˈspattsola/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say spazzola in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈspattsola/

How do you pronounce spazzola in Italian?

spazzola is pronounced /la ˈspattsola/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La spazzola rossa è caduta dal tavolo e si è rotta.

The red brush fell from the table and broke.

Quella spazzola nuova che ho comprato è molto utile per i capelli lunghi.

That new brush that I bought is very useful for long hair.

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Why is it feminine?

Spazzola is feminine because it derives from the Latin "spatula" (a small blade or scraper), which belonged to the first declension and naturally carried feminine gender into Romance languages. The "-a" ending in Italian typically marks feminine nouns, reinforcing this grammatical gender from its Latin ancestor.

What is the Italian word for brush?

The Italian word for brush is la spazzola — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchbrosselafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishcepillo flips!elmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseescovaafeminine

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