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la spesa
expense
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How do you say spesa in Italian?
How do you pronounce spesa in Italian?
spesa is pronounced /la ˈspeːza/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La spesa settimanale è diventata molto cara e difficile da affrontare.
The weekly shopping has become very expensive and difficult to face.
Ho dimenticato la spesa al supermercato e ho dovuto tornare indietro.
I forgot the shopping at the supermarket and had to go back.
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Why is it feminine?
Spesa is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "expensa" (feminine past participle of "expendere," meaning "to spend"), which retained its feminine gender through the regular evolution of Latin first-declension feminine nouns into Italian. This is a standard case of gender inheritance rather than an exception.
What is the Italian word for expense?
The Italian word for expense is la spesa — feminine.
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