Meaning
mass (all senses)
- crowd
In a sentence
C'era una massa di gente davanti al negozio.
There was a crowd of people in front of the store.
Hai misurato la massa della scatola?
Did you measure the mass of the box?
In fisica abbiamo calcolato la massa del pianeta.
In physics, we calculated the planet's mass.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| massa | feminine · singular |
| masse | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use massa for physical or scientific mass; for a generic amount, quantity or volume is often more natural.
- For a crowd of people, folla is more common in everyday speech; massa can sound broader, more collective, or slightly abstract.
- In colloquial Italian, una massa di + noun means 'a lot of' and is often informal.