Significado
insect, bug
En una frase
C'è un insetto sulla finestra della cucina.
There’s an insect on the kitchen window.
Hai visto che strano insetto nel giardino?
Did you see that strange insect in the garden?
Non toccare quell'insetto, potrebbe pungere.
Don’t touch that insect, it might sting.
Formas de la palabra (2)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| insetto | masculine · singular |
| insetti | masculine · plural |
Notas de uso
- Use insetto for the biological category. For creepy-crawlies in general, people may say baco, verme, or bestiola depending on the animal.
- Ragno is not an insetto in scientific Italian; it is an aracnide. Native speakers may blur this casually, but textbooks will not.
- Often used after prepositions with the article: un insetto, l'insetto, gli insetti. Watch the plural masculine form insetti.