'LEEM-peh-rah-TREE-tcheh' is how you pronounce 'l'imperatrice.'
The feminine singular definite article 'l'* means 'the.' The feminine noun 'imperatrice' means 'empress.' The feminine singular indefinite article 'una' combined with 'imperatrice' means 'an empress' or 'one empress.'
*The feminine singular definite article actually is 'la.'But the vowel 'a' drops before a noun that begins with a vowel. The temporary nature of that drop is indicated by an apostrophe: 'l'imperatrice.'
"KAH-pwa" is the way to pronounce the Italian name Capua.
"Mi-TCHEE-no" is the way to pronounce the Italian word micino.
"Doo-RAN-tey" is the way to pronounce the Italian word durante.
"Gyan-car-low" is the way to pronounce the Italian name Giancarlo.
The way to pronounce the Italian word macchina is "MAK-kee-na."
"TRAT-to-REE-a" is the way to pronounce the Italian word for "restaurant," trattoria.
The way to pronounce the Italian name Loiacano is "LO-ia-KO-no."
"Ar-tey-mee-sya" is a way to pronounce the Italian name Artemisia.
"BEL-la BA-ya" is the way to pronounce bella baia in Italian.
The way to pronounce the name Alcibiade, Italian for the Greek name Alcibiades, is "AL-tchee-BYA-dey" in Italian.
"Broos-KET-ta" or "broosh-KET-ta" is the way to pronounce bruschetta in Italian.
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