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la zanzara
mosquito
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How do you say zanzara in Italian?
How do you pronounce zanzara in Italian?
zanzara is pronounced /la dzanˈdzaːra/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La zanzara fastidiosa mi ha punto tutta la notte.
The annoying mosquito bit me all night long.
Quella zanzara piccola è riuscita a entrare nella mia stanza.
That small mosquito managed to get into my room.
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Why is it feminine?
Zanzara is feminine because it ends in "-a", which is the standard feminine ending in Italian. While the word's ultimate etymology may trace back to Latin, the feminine gender is primarily explained by the productive Italian morphological rule that nouns ending in "-a" are typically feminine. The "-a" ending directly signals feminine gender in Italian noun declension.
What is the Italian word for mosquito?
The Italian word for mosquito is la zanzara — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | moustique flips! | le | masculine |
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