"The clothes"

Translation: I vestiti

[Karin141321]

I abbigliamenti = the clothes
That is not right?

[Anna.KB]

How do you not get this confused with the "the dresses"?

[Berlin1929]

Clothes include pants, skirts, etc and dresses. Can someone please clarify when "vestiti" = dresses and when "vestiti" = clothes?

[Edrass.Chavez]

Context

[Elizabeth175060]

I put 'I abiti' and got in wrong but dont know why. I thought abiti referred to clothes?

[BonnieCovert37]

They offer abiti as an option and still dont accept it, crazy.

[Nick746913]

They accept "Gli abiti" as an answer.

[Xiamantwi]

wouldn't it be 'gli abiti'?

[mx1mZ]

L' is for singular nouns. Gli is for plural nouns.

[deactivated user]

Abiti also means clothes per the Collins Italian to English Dictionary. I have no idea why Duolingo is not accepting that option.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/italian-english/abiti

[Ricardo356686]

Can it be l'abbigliamento? it is translated as the clothing

[CarlaCulve]

So its ok for them to use abbigliamento for clothes, but I cant?

[Kaitain]

Why didn't they accept "gli abbigliamenti"? Isn't that also right?

[JuliaMickum]

i put that too --- i think because we use CLOTHES like a plural and a singular?? and as far as the answer it did not say i vestiti, it said l'abbigliamento!!

[JennyHolland]

According to my Italian English dictionary 'abiti' is interchangeable with 'vestiti' when clothes are meant as opposed to an specific item. Should abiti not be accepted?

[SanDigital]

On 10/22/2020, it accepted my answer of " l'abbigliamento"

[KateGreatest]

Hi. Why do you not need the article with women's clothes, but you DO with the clothes? Just curious.

[mukkapazza]

Are you referring to "abbigliamento donna"? That's a funny phrase, because it is mostly used for indicating a department, maybe on a website that sells clothing or in a store that sells various types of apparel. "The clothes" has many more uses, and it is just fine translated one to one.

[formaggiamente]

Is there an equivalent term for "aen's clothing"? Is it simply "abbigliamento uomo"?

[ataman7403]

Hi, Why ''I vestiti'' but not ''Il vestiti''?

[MiguelAngelRCH]

Il vestito (singular); I vestiti (plural).

[Sen756]

I know "il" is used in front of male objects and that "la" is used in front of female ones, but how do you know when to use "L"?

[MrBond.007]

use L' when the word that follows begins with a vowel

[corazonnatomico]

The answer was "L'vestiti" but isn't L' only used when the word begins with a vowel? Can someone clarify this for me? Because I know if I had put "L'abbigliamento", that would make sense because it starts with an a, but vestiti? Why?

[JennyHolland]

Duolingo still not accepting abiti for clothes although translated as such in English Italian dictionaries

[DarleneNiman]

Abiti is a suit? I said abbilglimente. That's clothing but I don't know how dress changes to clothes.