🇮🇹 Italian

zavorre

feminine

le zavorre

ballasts

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zavorre
/le dzaˈvorre/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say zavorre in Italian?

IPA
/le dzaˈvorre/

How do you pronounce zavorre in Italian?

zavorre is pronounced /le dzaˈvorre/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La zavorra pesante è stata rimossa dalla nave per farla galleggiare più velocemente.

The heavy ballast was removed from the ship to make it float faster.

Quella zavorra inutile rallentava ogni nostro progetto ambizioso.

That useless ballast was slowing down our every ambitious project.

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Why is it feminine?

Zavorre is feminine because it derives from Latin "sabura" (ballast), which was a feminine noun. Italian regularly preserves the gender of its Latin ancestors, and the -a ending typically marks feminine nouns in Italian. The word entered Italian through maritime vocabulary.

What is the Italian word for ballasts?

The Italian word for ballasts is le zavorre — feminine.

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