🇮🇹 Italian from 🇬🇧 English All Words
figlia
A1 noun Famiglia
🇬🇧 English: daughter
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Definizione

🇮🇹 Italian
noun

Femminile di figlio.

Definition

🇬🇧 English

A female child in relation to her parents.

Grammatica

🇮🇹 Italian

Gender: femminile. Plurale: figli.

🇬🇧 Countable noun. Plural: daughters. Note the silent 'gh' — daughter is pronounced /ˈdɔː.tər/, not 'dag-ter'. Common collocations: eldest daughter, youngest daughter, daughter-in-law (your son's wife).

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

The phrase 'like mother, like daughter' means that a daughter is very similar to her mother in behaviour or appearance. 'Daughter tongue' is sometimes used poetically to describe a language that developed from an older one.

Esempi

La donna sta aiutando sua figlia a preparare i panini.

"La donna sta aiutando sua figlia a preparare i panini."

🇬🇧 "The woman is helping her daughter to make sandwiches."

Abbraccia sua figlia.

"Abbraccia sua figlia."

🇬🇧 "He hugs his daughter."

Completa la frase 🇮🇹 Italian

La donna sta aiutando sua ___ a preparare i panini.

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