"Un maglione"
Translation:A sweater
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what is the difference between un maglione = a sweater.... and .... una maglia = a sweater... (as shown a few screens back). ???
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I did a quick google search and maglione definitely refers to a sweater for cold weather. And maglia it's more like a jersey or t-shirt. You get a bunch of soccer jerseys with maglia.
The problem is comes from a Jersey meaning heavier and for colder weather to most English speakers outside North America.
Yes! I just put jersey for maglione and they said wrong, but it's right! DUOLINGO HEAR YE HEAR YE!
i'm also irritated by the number of times British words are not allowed but American ones are! A jumper=a jersey=a sweater=a pullover in English English and a cardigan is different, it splits up the front and has to be closed with buttons.
Jumper is allowed. American English also uses pullover and cardigan.
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Whoops I meant to say jersey and sweater are interchangeable in british english as well as jumper.
I'm not 100% sure, but this is what I have noticed from just searching each word in amazon italy..
maglione = Sweater/jumper (long sleeve, usually thicker). maglia = Shirt (any shirt, but usually a t-shirt). maglietta = Always a t-shirt.
I thought that the "e" at the end of maglione shows the word would be feminine, but instead it has the "un" in front of it, showing it's actually masculine. How come it isn't "una maglione" instead? Grazie!
Singular Italian words ending in E can be masculine or feminine. Their plurals end in I.
why do they suggest the translation pullover but then do not accept it as an answer?
i recommend not to use the so-called "hints". They are often misleading. Better to use a dictionary, but even then you may not select the exact word that Duolingo wants.
It shouldn't be wrong, a jersey is correct too. However Duo mainly uses American English so you have to fake it at times.
A jersey is the same as a sweater.! Sweater is American and jersey is English
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In New Zealand, neither "sweater" nor "jumper" are words. What is the actual non-area-specific translation of "maglione"? I have no idea what sweater or jumper mean other than that they are an item of clothing. Would "jersey" be a more accurate translation?
I also live in NZ; I'm English, so jumper, sweater and jersey are all OK for me, but I think you can say pullover too. My children were brought up in NZ and they all call it a jersey.
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I've never heard pullover before. Is that American? I guess I will use jersey as the translation of maglione from now on.
It is a style of sweater. I am from the US and I have never heard it simply called a pullover. We would call it a pullover sweater to distinguish it from a cardigan which would also be a style of sweater but with buttons or open in the front. Hope that makes sense?
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I know there's a bias but I just got this wrong for putting 'jumper'. Us Brits would always refer to your sweater as a jumper. Please could you amend?
A jersey is more commonly used in British English not sweater for example in cycling they talk about the pink jersey
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I can't hear the speaker, sounds like she is mumbling. Is there a different speaker that we can use?
why is maglia feminine and maglione masculine, if both end in a vowel?
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Nearly every noun in the Italian language ends with a vowel. Maglione can be recognized as masculine because it ends in E, not A. (Just like cane, for example.)
