Meaning
cowshed
- stable, stall, cote
- pigsty
In a sentence
Le mucche sono già tornate nella stalla.
The cows have already gone back to the cowshed.
Hai pulito la stalla dei cavalli oggi?
Did you clean the horse stable today?
Non tenere il maiale in una stalla piccola.
Don't keep the pig in a small pigsty.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| stalla | feminine · singular |
| stalle | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use stalla mainly for cattle housing. For horses, scuderia is more natural than stalla in many contexts.
- In modern usage, porcile is more common than stalla for pigs; stalla sounds broader or more rural.
- Often appears in fixed Christmas context: la stalla del presepe, not *la scuderia del presepe.