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Advanced Vocabulary and Word Formation — Lessico Avanzato·Diminutives and Augmentatives
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Rule reminder

Diminutives express small size or affection: -ino (paesino, gattino), -etto (libretto, casetta), -ello (paesello, uccellino). Augmentatives express large size: -one (librone, casone, nasone) — note gender shift: la porta → il portone (masculine). These suffixes also carry connotations beyond size.

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Abita in un ___ di montagna con solo duecento abitanti.

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