🇮🇹 Italian

verdura

feminine

la verdura

vegetable

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verdura
/la verˈduːra/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say verdura in Italian?

IPA
/la verˈduːra/

How do you pronounce verdura in Italian?

verdura is pronounced /la verˈduːra/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La verdura fresca che ho comprato al mercato è molto buona.

The fresh vegetable that I bought at the market is very good.

Questa verdura organica è più cara, ma è completamente naturale.

This organic vegetable is more expensive, but it is completely natural.

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Why is it feminine?

Verdura is feminine because it derives from Latin "viridis" (green), which developed into the feminine noun "viridura" in Vulgar Latin and subsequently "verdura" in Italian; the -ura suffix in Italian typically produces feminine nouns, reinforcing this grammatical gender.

What is the Italian word for vegetable?

The Italian word for vegetable is la verdura — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchlégume flips!lemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishverduralafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueselegume flips!omasculine

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