🇮🇹 Italian

uscita

feminine

l' uscita

exit

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uscita
/luˈʃiːta/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say uscita in Italian?

IPA
/luˈʃiːta/

How do you pronounce uscita in Italian?

uscita is pronounced /luˈʃiːta/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La nuova uscita dell'autostrada è molto pericolosa perché le macchine vanno troppo veloci.

The new highway exit is very dangerous because cars go too fast.

L'uscita più vicina del cinema era bloccata, quindi abbiamo usato quella lontana.

The nearest exit of the cinema was blocked, so we used the far one.

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Why is it feminine?

Uscita is feminine because it derives from the Latin past participle "exīta" (feminine form of "exītus"), which became a noun meaning "exit" or "way out" in Italian. The "-ita" ending in Italian typically marks feminine nouns, and this word retained its feminine gender from Latin through the Romance language evolution.

What is the Italian word for exit?

The Italian word for exit is l' uscita — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇵🇹 Portuguesesaídaafeminine

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