Significado
cellar, basement, winery
- cellar, basement room
- winery
En una frase
La cantina è sotto casa, vicino al garage.
The cellar is under the house, near the garage.
Hai preso il vino in cantina stamattina?
Did you get the wine from the cellar this morning?
Questa cantina produce vini molto buoni.
This winery produces very good wines.
Formas de la palabra (2)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| cantina | feminine · singular |
| cantine | feminine · plural |
Notas de uso
- For a house building level, Italians often say seminterrato or scantinato; cantina usually means the storage room, not the whole basement.
- In wine contexts, cantina can mean the producer/winery. Enoteca is a wine shop or wine bar, not the place where wine is made.
- Common with in: in cantina = in the cellar. A cantina means a cellar/storage unit assigned to an apartment.