🇮🇹 Italian

verbo

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masculine

il verbo

verb

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verbo
/il ˈvɛrbo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say verbo in Italian?

IPA
/il ˈvɛrbo/

How do you pronounce verbo in Italian?

verbo is pronounced /il ˈvɛrbo/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il verbo italiano è molto complesso perché ha molte coniugazioni diverse.

The Italian verb is very complex because it has many different conjugations.

Questo verbo irregolare mi ha confuso durante l'esame di grammatica.

This irregular verb confused me during the grammar exam.

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Why is it masculine?

Verbo is masculine because it derives from Latin "verbum," which was grammatically neuter in Latin but became masculine in Italian during the language's evolution from Vulgar Latin, following the general pattern where many Latin neuter nouns shifted to masculine gender in Romance languages.

What is the Italian word for verb?

The Italian word for verb is il verbo — masculine.

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