🇮🇹 Italian

tasca

feminine

la tasca

pocket

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tasca
/la ˈtaska/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say tasca in Italian?

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/la ˈtaska/

How do you pronounce tasca in Italian?

tasca is pronounced /la ˈtaska/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La tasca anteriore della mia giacca nuova è molto profonda.

The front pocket of my new jacket is very deep.

Ho trovato una moneta rara nella tasca sinistra dei miei vecchi pantaloni.

I found a rare coin in the left pocket of my old pants.

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Why is it feminine?

Tasca is feminine because it derives from the Latin "tasca" (a pouch or bag), which was itself a feminine noun in Late Latin, and this gender was preserved as the word evolved through Italian; the feminine ending "-a" reinforced this classification in the Romance language system.

What is the Italian word for pocket?

The Italian word for pocket is la tasca — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchpochelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishbolsillo flips!elmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesebolso flips!omasculine

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