spesso – Italian adjective declension

Italian adjective forms of spesso

Adjective: spesso

Hyphenation: spés‧so
Singular m.spesso
Singular f.spessa
Plural m.spessi
Plural f.spesse

Sample Sentences

  • spesse volte (many times; often)
  • Italia mia, benché ’l parlar sia indarno / a le piaghe mortali / che nel bel corpo tuo sì spesse veggio […] (My dear Italy, although speaking is useless to [cure] the mortal wounds that in your beautiful body I see so many […]) [1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “CXXVIII — Italia mia, benché ’l parlar sia indarno”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 1–3; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin spissus. Compare Spanish espeso, Portuguese espesso, French épais. See: Latin Adjectives 'spissus', Latin Adjectives 'spissus', Spanish Adjectives 'espeso', Portuguese Adjectives 'espesso', French Adjectives 'épais'.

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