🇮🇹 Italian

zanzare

feminine

le zanzare

mosquitoes

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zanzare
/le dzanˈdzaːre/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say zanzare in Italian?

IPA
/le dzanˈdzaːre/

How do you pronounce zanzare in Italian?

zanzare is pronounced /le dzanˈdzaːre/ 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?

Zanzare 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 mosquitoes?

The Italian word for mosquitoes is le zanzare — feminine.

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