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Sentence

Lo zaino era leggero.

Translation

The backpack was light



Analysis


lo
     1. art. (ngd, The form of m, it, il) that is used before the so-called impure consonants, that is, s+consonant (it, l'; the
     2. pron. (accusative) him
     3. pron. (accusative) it, this or that thing
zaino
     1. n. satchel, rucksack, backpack
     2. adj. (of the dark coat of a horse, dog etc.) having no light markings
era
     1. n. age, epoch, period
     2. n. (geology) era
     3. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of essere
     essere
          1. v. (intransitive, indicating existence, identity, location, or state) to be, to stay
          2. v. (auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something); to
          3. v. (impersonal, of a duration of time since an event) to have passed
          4. n. being
leggero
     1. adj. light (in weight)
     2. adj. (music) pop
     3. adj. slight
     4. adj. thin (thicker than sottile)




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