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Sentence

Ho comprato mezzo litro di latte.

Translation

I bought a pint of milk



Analysis


ho
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avere (I have)
     avere
          1. v. to have
          2. v. (auxiliary) to have
          3. n. property, substance
          4. n. (in the plural) belongings
          5. n. credit, assets
          6. n. swag
comprato
     1. v. past participle of comprare (feminine: comprata, masculine plural: comprati, feminine plural: comprate)
     comprare
          1. v. to buy
mezzo
     1. n. half, middle
     2. n. means, method
     3. n. vehicle
     4. adj. half
     5. adj. overripe (of fruit)
     6. adj. drenched (soaking wet)
     7. adj. soft, flabby
litro
     1. n. litre; liter (US)
di
     1. prep. (ngd, Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner); ’s
     2. prep. from
     3. prep. ’s
     4. prep. than
     5. prep. (ngd, Used in superlative forms); in, of
     6. prep. about, on, concerning
     7. prep. (ngd, Expresses composition); of, made of, in or more often omitted
     8. prep. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted
     9. prep. (ngd, Used with the definite article in partitive constructions); some
     10. prep. ngd, Used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article.
latte
     1. n-m. milk
     2. n. plural of latta




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