Italian word of the day
| Pronunciation | |
| English translation | Sneeze |
| Origin | From the Latin word sternuĕre, “to sneeze” |
Different forms of starnuto
Like most nouns in Italian, starnuto has two articles (definite or indefinite articles) and two numbers (singular or plural).
Uno starnuto
A sneeze
Degli starnuti
Some sneezes
Lo starnuto
The sneeze
Gli starnuti
The sneezes
Examples
| Luca ha fatto uno starnuto così forte che tutti si sono voltati. | Luca sneezed so loudly that everyone turned around. |
| Mettiti una mano davanti alla bocca quando starnutisci. | Put one hand in front of your mouth when you sneeze. |
| Quando Elena annusa il polline, fa sempre una serie di starnuti. | When Elena sniffs pollen, she always makes a series of sneezes. |
Related words
As a verb, to sneeze is translated into Italian as starnutire. You sneeze when you have a cold, a raffreddore, or an allergy to something, allergia.
If you are allergic to carrots, for example, you can say you are allergico alle carote with the expression allergico + “a”.
| Ho un brutto raffreddore e starnutisco spesso. | I have a bad cold and sneeze a lot. |
| Sono allergico alle carote. Non le posso mangiare. | I am allergic to carrots. I can’t eat them. |
| Ho appena starnutito sullo schermo del cellulare! | I just sneezed on my cell phone screen! |
To sneeze in Italian is also translated as fare uno starnuto, “to make a sneeze”.
Salute! is how you translate bless you! in Italian after someone sneezes. It literally means health!.
| Salute! | Bless you! |
| Ora non ho te-e-e-eeetciù! – Salute! | Now I don’t have t-a-a-aaachoo! – Bless you! |
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