Italian - Spanish Dictionary
/di/
Di is a preposition meaning "of" in Spanish, used to express possession, origin, authorship, topic, and many other relationships between nouns.
| # | Type | Italian | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | preposition | di possessive genitive: belonging to | de |
| 2 | preposition | di with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at | de |
| 3 | preposition | di with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at | desde |
| 4 | preposition | di with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at | por parte de |
| 5 | preposition | di with the source or provenance of or at | de |
| 6 | preposition | di with the source or provenance of or at | de parte de |
| 7 | preposition | di with the source or provenance of or at | proveniente de |
| 8 | preposition | di with the source or provenance of or at | procedente de |
| 9 | preposition | di Introduces a comparison | que |
| 10 | preposition | di indicates creator of a work | por |
| 11 | preposition | di indicates creator of a work | hecho por |
| 12 | preposition | di introducing topic or subject matter | en cuanto a |
| 13 | preposition | di introducing topic or subject matter | acerca de |
| 14 | preposition | di dealing with the subject of | sobre acerca de |
| 15 | preposition | di denoting a price | a |
| 16 | preposition | di indicates steady progression | por |
La casa di mio padre è grande.
La casa de mi padre es grande.
Un libro scritto di Dante.
Un libro escrito por Dante.
Parliamo di calcio.
Hablamos acerca de fútbol.
Di is one of the most common Italian prepositions and translates primarily to Spanish "de", but context matters: use "por" for authorship, "acerca de" or "sobre" for topics, and "desde" for origin/starting points. Remember that di contracts with articles (del, della, dello, dell', dei, delle).
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