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One sentence of «Cappuccetto Rosso»


Sentence 17 of 43 · Cappuccetto Rosso, Carlo Collodi, after Charles Perrault, 1875

Il Lupo in due salti arrivò a casa della nonna e bussò.

In two bounds the Wolf reached the grandmother’s house and knocked.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
Il ilthe (masculine singular) (art.)
Lupo lupowolf (n., m.)
in inin, into; in sella — in the saddle (prep.)
due duetwo (num.)
salti saltojump, leap, bound (n., m.)
arrivò arrivareto arrive, to come to (v.)
a ato, at; in (a before a vowel: ad) (prep.)
casa casahouse, home; Casa editrice — publishing house (n., f.)
della dellaof the (di + la) (art./prep.)
nonna nonnagrandmother, granny (n., f.)
e eand (ed before a vowel) (conj.)
bussò bussareto knock (v.)

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