🇮🇹 Italian

stadio

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masculine

lo stadio

stadium

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stadio
/lo ˈstaːdjo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say stadio in Italian?

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/lo ˈstaːdjo/

How do you pronounce stadio in Italian?

stadio is pronounced /lo ˈstaːdjo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo stadio nuovo è molto grande e moderno.

The new stadium is very large and modern.

Quello stadio storico rimane il più bello della città.

That historic stadium remains the most beautiful in the city.

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Why is it masculine?

Stadio is masculine because it derives from Latin "stadium," which came from Greek "στάδιον" (stadion). In Italian, nouns ending in -io are typically masculine in gender. The word originally referred to an ancient unit of length before coming to mean a sports venue.

What is the Italian word for stadium?

The Italian word for stadium is lo stadio — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchstadelemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishestadioelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseestádioomasculine

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