🇮🇹 Italian

successo

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masculine

il successo

success

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successo
/il sutˈtʃɛsso/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say successo in Italian?

IPA
/il sutˈtʃɛsso/

How do you pronounce successo in Italian?

successo is pronounced /il sutˈtʃɛsso/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il successo straordinario del film ha sorpreso tutti i critici.

The extraordinary success of the film surprised all the critics.

Questo grande successo è stato meritato dopo anni di duro lavoro.

This great success was well-deserved after years of hard work.

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Why is it masculine?

Successo is masculine because it derives from the Latin "successus" (masculine noun), which comes from "succedere" (to follow, to succeed); Latin nouns ending in "-us" were typically masculine, and Italian retained this gender when the word evolved.

What is the Italian word for success?

The Italian word for success is il successo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsuccèslemasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesesucessoomasculine

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