🇮🇹 Italian

sugo

masculine

il sugo

gravy

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sugo
/il ˈsuːɡo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sugo in Italian?

IPA
/il ˈsuːɡo/

How do you pronounce sugo in Italian?

sugo is pronounced /il ˈsuːɡo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il sugo rosso è molto denso e perfetto per la pasta fresca.

The red sauce is very thick and perfect for fresh pasta.

Ho aggiunto un sugo piccante al piatto perché mi piace il cibo speziato.

I added a spicy sauce to the dish because I like spicy food.

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Why is it masculine?

Sugo is masculine because it derives from Latin "sucus" (juice), which was a second-declension masculine noun, and Italian preserved this grammatical gender through regular sound changes. The word follows the typical pattern where Latin masculine -us endings became Italian masculine nouns.

What is the Italian word for gravy?

The Italian word for gravy is il sugo — masculine.

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