affetto

affection, fondness

noun ahf-FET-toh Less Common

Origin: Latin affectus

Usage Note

Sale is masculine (il sale) — one of the few monosyllabic nouns learners misgender. Sale grosso is coarse salt; sale fino is fine salt. The idiom non avere sale in zucca (literally 'to have no salt in the gourd') means to lack common sense. The plural sali refers to chemical salts or smelling salts.

Examples

"Ha grande affetto per la sua famiglia."

Natural Translation

She has great affection for her family.

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