🇮🇹 Italian

stivali

masculine

gli stivali

boots

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stivali
/ʎi stiˈvaːli/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say stivali in Italian?

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/ʎi stiˈvaːli/

How do you pronounce stivali in Italian?

stivali is pronounced /ʎi stiˈvaːli/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Lo stivale nero è caduto nella pozza d'acqua e si è bagnato completamente.

The black boot fell into the puddle and got completely soaked.

Quel stivale destro è troppo stretto; mi fa male il piede.

That right boot is too tight; it hurts my foot.

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Why is it masculine?

Stivali (boot) is masculine because it derives from Latin "stivalis," which was a masculine noun (not adjective) in Latin. Italian inherited this grammatical gender from the Latin form, as Romance languages generally preserve the gender of their Latin etymons. The masculine gender is thus a direct continuation of the Latin masculine gender.

What is the Italian word for boots?

The Italian word for boots is gli stivali — masculine.

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