spese
le spese
expenses
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How do you say spese in Italian?
How do you pronounce spese in Italian?
spese is pronounced /le ˈspeːze/ 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?
Spese 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 expenses?
The Italian word for expenses is le spese — feminine.
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