Meaning
cloth
- clothes, laundry, washing
In a sentence
Passami un panno, il tavolo è bagnato.
Pass me a cloth, the table is wet.
Hai messo i panni in lavatrice stamattina?
Did you put the laundry in the washing machine this morning?
Non trovo il panno per pulire i vetri.
I can't find the cloth to clean the windows.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| panno | masculine · singular |
| panni | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- For a cleaning cloth, panno is common; stoffa means fabric/material, not the rag you wipe with.
- For laundry, panni is much more common than singular panno. Italians say lavare i panni, stendere i panni.
- Panno can also mean a specific textile in formal or trade contexts; in everyday speech, tessuto or stoffa is often more natural.