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Fu un belissimo tramonto perché il cielo si tinse di rosso.

Translation

It was a beautiful sunset because the sky turned red.



Analysis


fu
     1. v. third-person singular past historic of essere
     2. adj. deceased, late
     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
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. n. one
     3. adj. one
     4. pron. one
belissimo
tramonto
     1. n. (also figuratively) sunset, sundown
     2. n. setting
     3. n. (figuratively) fall, decline
     4. v. first-person singular present indicative of tramontare
     tramontare
          1. v. (intransitive, of the sun, moon, stars) to set, go down, sink
          2. v. (intransitive, figuratively) to fade, wane
          3. n. (singulare tantum) sunset, sundown, setting
perché
     1. conj. because, why
     2. conj. (followed by the subjunctive) so, so that, in order that
     3. adv. why
     4. n. the whys, the reason
il
     1. art. the
cielo
     1. n. sky
     2. n. heaven
si
     1. pron. (reflexive pronoun) oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
     2. pron. (reciprocal pronoun) each other, one another
     3. pron. (indefinite) one, you, we, they, people
     4. pron. (si passivante) (ngd, Used to form the passive voice of a verb); it
     5. n. (music) B
     sì
          1. adv. yes
          2. adv. so
tinse
     1. v. third-person singular past historic of tingere
     tingere
          1. v. to dye, paint
          2. v. to moisten
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.
rosso
     1. adj. red
     2. adj. (of hair) ginger, red
     3. adj. (figuratively) incandescent, red hot
     4. n. wiki
     5. n. red (any of a range of colours)
     6. n. Any red pigment.
     7. n. (metonymy, sometimes derogatory) A Socialist or Communist.
     8. n. (heraldry) gules




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