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le spezie
spices
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How do you say spezie in Italian?
How do you pronounce spezie in Italian?
spezie is pronounced /le ˈspɛttsje/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La spezia italiana è molto piccante e profumata.
The Italian spice is very pungent and fragrant.
Quella spezia esotica è stata importata direttamente dall'Asia.
That exotic spice was imported directly from Asia.
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Why is it feminine?
Spezie is feminine because it derives from the Latin "species" (feminine noun meaning "appearance" or "kind"), which was feminine in Latin. Italian retained this grammatical gender. The word came to refer to spices and exotic goods through semantic shift, maintaining its feminine form in modern Italian.
What is the Italian word for spices?
The Italian word for spices is le spezie — feminine.
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