How to Say "Pregnant" in Italian

incinta

To say pregnant in Italian, use incinta.

incinta describes a woman who is expecting a baby. It is the everyday word used in conversation and by doctors alike.

Meaning: carrying developing offspring within the body (adj)

How does it change in a sentence?

incinta only refers to women, so it is used in the feminine form only. It usually follows the verb for "to be", as in è incinta.

Do not try to make a masculine form of incinta for a man or for an animal in general terms, since the word only describes a woman.

The word incinta shares a linguistic root with the word cinta, meaning 'belt' or 'girdle'. Historically, it referred to the way a woman's waist was girded or enclosed during pregnancy.
In very traditional Italian culture, saying è in dolce attesa describes pregnancy as a 'sweet waiting'. This idiomatic expression is used to add an emotional, poetic quality to the news.
The word gravida comes from the Latin word for 'heavy'. This reflects a historical way of describing the physical burden of pregnancy before modern medical terms existed.

Lei non è incinta.
She's not pregnant.
non è incinta shows the negative, with non placed before the verb.
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Tom la mise incinta.
Tom got her pregnant.
la mise incinta is the usual way to say a man got a woman pregnant, using the verb meaning "to put".
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Lei era già incinta.
She was already pregnant.
era già incinta uses the past form era for "she was".
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