qualcosa

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Italian

Etymology

From qualche +‎ cosa.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwalˈkɔ.za/, (traditional) /kwalˈkɔ.sa/[2][3]
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  • Rhymes: -ɔza, (traditional) -ɔsa
  • Hyphenation: qual‧cò‧sa

Pronoun

qualcosa m (only singular)

  1. something
    Synonyms: alcuna cosa, alcune cose, qualche cosa
    Antonyms: niente, nulla, zero
    Fa' qualcosa!
    Do something!
  2. (in a question) anything

References

  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 140
  2. ^ qualcosa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  3. ^ qualcosa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication