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VocabularyFamilydiscendente
B1nounmaschile

ildiscendente

descendant

Plural

discendenti

Pronunciation

dee-shen-DEN-teh

About this word

There are approximately 80 million people of Italian descent worldwide — more than Italy's current population. The largest Italian diaspora communities are in Brazil, Argentina and the United States.

Examples

Sono una discendente di emigranti italiani in Argentina.

I am a descendant of Italian emigrants in Argentina.

I discendenti della famiglia reale vivono ancora in Italia.

The descendants of the royal family still live in Italy.

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