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Sentence

La bambina era allora chiamata da tutti gattina per la sua dolcezza.

Translation

At that time, the child was called "kittie" by everybody because of her sweetness.



Analysis


La
     1. pron. (formal) alternative case form of la (you)
     2. art. the
     3. pron. (accusative) her, it
     4. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect)
     5. n. (music) la (musical note)
     6. n. (music) A (musical note and scale)
bambina
     1. n. feminine of it, bambino
     2. n. (informal) babe
     bambino
          1. n-m. child, baby, toddler, tot (of unspecified sex)
          2. n-m. (baby) boy, young boy
          3. n-m. (cat) Breed of short hairless cats
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
allora
     1. adv. so, well then
     2. adv. at the time, then (at some time in the past)
chiamata
     1. Participle. feminine singular of chiamato
     2. n. call
     3. n. summons
     chiamato
          1. v. past participle of chiamare (feminine: chiamata, masculine plural: chiamati, feminine plural: chiamate)
da
     1. prep. from
     2. prep. at
     3. prep. since
     4. prep. to (implying necessity)
     5. prep. ngd, Used in some adverbial phrases:
     6. prep. like, as
     7. v. misspelling of dà
tutti
     1. pron. all; everybody, everyone
     2. adj. masculine plural of tutto
gattina
     1. n-f. female kitten
     2. n-f. pussy
per
     1. prep. for
     2. prep. to (indicates direction)
     3. prep. through
     4. prep. in or on
     5. prep. by
     6. prep. with
     7. prep. as
la
     1. art. the
     2. pron. (accusative) her, it
     3. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect)
     4. n. (music) la (musical note)
     5. n. (music) A (musical note and scale)
sua
     1. pron. feminine singular of suo
     2. adj. feminine singular of suo
     suo
          1. adj. his, her, its
          2. adj. (often, capitalised) your (polite singular form)
          3. pron. his, hers, its own.
          4. pron. (often, capitalised) yours (polite singular form)
la sua
     1. pron. his (that which belongs to him)
dolcezza
     1. n. sweetness
     2. n. mildness
     3. n. gentleness
     4. n. softness
     5. n. smoothness
     6. n. sweetheart




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