What is 'close' when translated from English to Italian?

Answer 1

The singular stretta or vicina and the plural strette or vicine in the feminine and the singlar stretto or vicino and the plural stretti or vicini in the masculine as adjectives and chiudere as a verb are literal Italian equivalents of the English word "close." The choice depends upon whether the reference is to closeness in friendship or relationship (stretta, strette, stretto, stretti) or in location (vicina, vicine, vicino, vicini) or to use of the present infinitive ("to close"). The respective pronunciations will be "STRET-ta," "STRET-tey," "STRET-to," and "STRET-tee" for people; "vee-TCHEE-na," "vee-TCHEE-nee," "vee-TCHEE-no," and "vee-TCHEE-nee" for places; and "KYOO-dey-rey" for verbs in Italian.