🇮🇹 Italian

vento

masculine

il vento

wind

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vento
/il ˈvɛnto/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say vento in Italian?

IPA
/il ˈvɛnto/

How do you pronounce vento in Italian?

vento is pronounced /il ˈvɛnto/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il vento freddo ha spazzato via le foglie dal giardino.

The cold wind swept the leaves away from the garden. (masculine article 'il' + masculine adjective 'freddo')

Un vento forte e persistente ha danneggiato il tetto della casa.

A strong and persistent wind damaged the roof of the house. (masculine article 'un' + masculine adjectives 'forte' and 'persistente')

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Why is it masculine?

Vento is masculine because it descends from Latin "ventus," which was grammatically masculine in the second declension (ending in -us); Italian retained this gender when the Latin nominative ending was dropped, leaving the masculine form.

What is the Italian word for wind?

The Italian word for wind is il vento — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchventlemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishvientoelmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseventoomasculine

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