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Perché il cielo è azzurro?

Translation

Why is the sky blue?



Analysis


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
è
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of essere; is
     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
azzurro
     1. adj. light blue, azure, sky blue (especially the light blue colour of the sky)
     2. adj. (idiomatic, sport) in or of an Italian national team (athlete, player, etc.)
     3. n. the light blue colour of the sky
     4. n. (heraldry) azure
     5. n-m. (idiomatic, sport) a member of the Italian national team
     6. v. first-person singular present indicative of azzurrare
     azzurrare
          1. v. to colour blue




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