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Italian
Etymology
From qualche + cosa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwalˈkɔ.za/, (traditional) /kwalˈkɔ.sa/
- Rhymes: -ɔza, (traditional) -ɔsa
- Hyphenation: qual‧cò‧sa
Pronoun
qualcosa m (only singular)
- something
- Synonyms: alcuna cosa, alcune cose, qualche cosa
- Antonyms: niente, nulla, zero
Fa' qualcosa!- Do something!
- (in a question) anything
Related terms
References
- ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 140
- ^ qualcosa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^ qualcosa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication