🇮🇹 Italian

spiaggia

feminine

la spiaggia

beach

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spiaggia
/la ˈspjaddʒa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say spiaggia in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈspjaddʒa/

How do you pronounce spiaggia in Italian?

spiaggia is pronounced /la ˈspjaddʒa/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La spiaggia italiana era affollata di turisti durante l'estate.

The Italian beach was crowded with tourists during the summer.

Questa spiaggia sabbiosa è la più bella che abbia mai visitato.

This sandy beach is the most beautiful one I have ever visited.

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Why is it feminine?

Spiaggia is feminine because it ends in "-ia", a productive feminine ending in Italian inherited from Latin. Words ending in "-ia" are typically feminine in Italian, following the pattern of Latin feminine nouns. The word likely derives from Latin "plaja" (influenced by Vulgar Latin forms), and this Latin feminine origin reinforced its feminine gender in Italian.

What is the Italian word for beach?

The Italian word for beach is la spiaggia — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchplagelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishplayalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesepraiaafeminine

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