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How do you say "sandpaper" in Italian?

la carta vetrata

Noun Feminine

In Italian, "sandpaper" is la carta vetrata.

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Pronunciation

Try carta vetrata as ca-rta- ve-tra-ta — the weight of the word sits on tra. Avoid sliding the vowels the way you would in English — Italian vowels are flat and clean.

Grammar notes

la carta vetrata is feminine. Its plural is carte vetrate.

Example sentence

Lisciò il tavolo con carta vetrata.

She smoothed the table with sandpaper.

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How to remember la carta vetrata

Tie carta vetrata to the moment described in "She smoothed the table with sandpaper." rather than trying to memorize it in isolation.

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Questions about la carta vetrata

How do you pronounce la carta vetrata?

Try carta vetrata as ca-rta- ve-tra-ta — the weight of the word sits on tra. Avoid sliding the vowels the way you would in English — Italian vowels are flat and clean.

Is la carta vetrata masculine or feminine?

la carta vetrata is feminine. la carta vetrata is feminine. Its plural is carte vetrate.

How is la carta vetrata used in Italian?

la carta vetrata is used the same way as the equivalent English noun. For example: Lisciò il tavolo con carta vetrata. (She smoothed the table with sandpaper.).

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