pickleball
pickleball is the Italian word for the sport pickleball.
Meaning: sport (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
The word is a noun.
Did you know?
- While English speakers use 'pickle' as a potential namesake, an Italian speaker would find the word sottaceto (pickle) completely unrelated to the sport's context.
- Because Italian has grammatical gender for all nouns, pickleball is treated as masculine, meaning it is preceded by il instead of la.
- While the sport is called pickleball, a player is not called a pickleballer, but rather a giocatore di pickleball.
Examples in context
- Il pickleball è molto divertente.Pickleball is a lot of fun.
- Giochiamo a pickleball ogni sabato.We play pickleball every Saturday.
- Ho comprato una racchetta da pickleball.I bought a pickleball paddle.
Example conversation
Matteo and Sofia are talking about weekend plans at a park.
- MatteoVuoi giocare a pickleball con me?Do you want to play pickleball with me?
- SofiaSì, mi piace molto il pickleball!Yes, I like pickleball a lot!
- MatteoPerfetto, allora ci vediamo al campo.Perfect, see you at the court then.
- SofiaA presto, Matteo!See you soon, Matteo!
