🇮🇹 Italian

spazzolino

masculine

lo spazzolino

toothbrush

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spazzolino
/lo spattsoˈliːno/
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How do you say spazzolino in Italian?

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/lo spattsoˈliːno/

How do you pronounce spazzolino in Italian?

spazzolino is pronounced /lo spattsoˈliːno/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo spazzolino nuovo che ho comprato è molto efficace per pulire i denti.

The new toothbrush that I bought is very effective for cleaning teeth.

Ho perso il mio spazzolino blu al bagno dell'hotel, quindi ne ho dovuto comprare uno nuovo.

I lost my blue toothbrush in the hotel bathroom, so I had to buy a new one.

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Why is it masculine?

Spazzolino is masculine because it's a diminutive form of "spazzola" (feminine, meaning "brush") created with the masculine suffix "-ino," which typically produces masculine nouns even when derived from feminine words. The root "spazza" likely derives from Latin, and Italian diminutives with "-ino" conventionally take masculine gender regardless of their source word's gender.

What is the Italian word for toothbrush?

The Italian word for toothbrush is lo spazzolino — masculine.

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