Usage Note
Documentario is masculine (il documentario, pl i documentari). As an adjective it means 'documentary' in the sense of 'document-based': prova documentaria (documentary evidence). In everyday use it almost always refers to a documentary film. The plural loses the final -o to become documentari.
Examples
"Abbiamo guardato un documentario sulla natura."
Natural Translation
We watched a nature documentary.

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