🇮🇹 Italian

zuppa

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feminine

la zuppa

soup

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zuppa
/la ˈdzuppa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say zuppa in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈdzuppa/

How do you pronounce zuppa in Italian?

zuppa is pronounced /la ˈdzuppa/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La zuppa calda è molto buona oggi.

The hot soup is very good today.

Questa zuppa di verdure è la più deliciosa che ho mai mangiato.

This vegetable soup is the most delicious one I have ever eaten.

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Why is it feminine?

Zuppa is feminine. The word derives from Old Italian "zuppa," which originally referred to a piece of bread soaked in liquid. The etymology likely traces to a Germanic source related to soaking, but the feminine gender is not exceptional—it follows the regular pattern of many Italian nouns ending in -a, which are typically feminine. The gender is a natural consequence of the word's form rather than an inherited exception.

What is the Italian word for soup?

The Italian word for soup is la zuppa — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsoupelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishsopalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesesopaafeminine

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