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orecchia

ear

noun oh-REK-kyah Rare

Origin: Latin auricula (little ear), diminutive of auris

Usage Note

Orecchia is a feminine variant of orecchio (masculine); both are used, but orecchio is more standard. The irregular plural of orecchio is le orecchie (feminine), not gli orecchi (though that form exists). Orecchia is common in colloquial central Italian speech.

Examples

"Mi fa male un'orecchia."

Natural Translation

One of my ears hurts.

Literal Translation

To-me hurts an ear.

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