🇮🇹 Italian

insalate

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Insalate is feminine in Italian. The article is le, so the full form is le insalate ("salads").

FEMININE

insalate is the plural of insalata

le insalate — salads

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insalate
/le insaˈlaːte/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say insalate in Italian?

IPA
/le insaˈlaːte/

How do you pronounce insalate in Italian?

insalate is pronounced /le insaˈlaːte/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La insalata verde è molto fresca e croccante.

The green salad is very fresh and crispy.

Quella insalata mista che ho preparato era deliziosa.

That mixed salad that I prepared was delicious.

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Why is it feminine?

Insalate is feminine because it derives from the Latin "insalata," a feminine noun meaning "salad" (from "insalare," meaning "to salt"). The feminine ending "-ata" is characteristic of many Italian feminine nouns, and this gender was retained as the word evolved from Latin into Italian.

What is the Italian word for salads?

The Italian word for salads is le insalate — feminine.

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