🇮🇹 Italian

valigia

feminine

la valigia

suitcase

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valigia
/la vaˈliːdʒa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say valigia in Italian?

IPA
/la vaˈliːdʒa/

How do you pronounce valigia in Italian?

valigia is pronounced /la vaˈliːdʒa/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La valigia rossa è molto pesante e difficile da portare.

The red suitcase is very heavy and difficult to carry.

Quella valigia blu è la mia preferita perché è leggera e capiente.

That blue suitcase is my favorite because it is light and spacious.

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Why is it feminine?

Valigia is feminine because it ends in -a, which is the typical feminine ending for Italian nouns. While the word does have Germanic origins (ultimately from a source related to English "valise"), it was adopted into Italian and follows the standard pattern where -a endings indicate feminine gender. The feminine gender was either preserved from Latin or assigned upon adoption into Italian according to the regular gender rules for -a-ending nouns.

What is the Italian word for suitcase?

The Italian word for suitcase is la valigia — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchvaliselafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishmaletalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesemalaafeminine

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