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Esse al verde is an Italian equivalent of 'to be broke'. The phrase is pronounced 'EHS-say-*ray* ahl VEHR-day'.* In the word by word translation, the infinitive 'essere' means 'to be'. The word 'al' is formed from the combination of the preposition 'a' with the definite article 'il'. It means 'to the'. The masculine gender noun 'verde' means 'vegetation'.

*The sound 'ay' is similar to the sound 'ay' in the English noun 'ray'.

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