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How to Say ‘Lake Como’ in Italian

Il Lago di Como

eel LAH-goh dee KOH-moh

[eel LAH-goh dee KOH-moh]

💬 Usage Tip: Italian links a lake to its name with di "of". Swap the name for others: il Lago di Garda.

Phrase Breakdown

Il Lago

eel LAH-goh

The Lake

'Il' is the masculine article. 'Lago' is stressed on the first syllable: LA-go.

Example

Il lago è calmo.

The lake is calm.

Words in this phrase

[eel]

the

Masculine singular definite article used before a masculine singular noun.

Example

Nella frase Il tempo personale, Il introduce il concetto di tempo privato.

In the phrase 'Il tempo personale,' 'Il' introduces the concept of private time.

Lago

[LAH-goh]

lake

Masculine noun, capitalized here as part of a name.

Example

Il Lago di Garda è grande.

Lake Garda is big.

di Como

dee KOH-moh

of Como

'Di' means 'of'. 'Como' is a city in Lombardy and is stressed on the first syllable: CO-mo.

Example

Sono di Como.

I'm from Como.

Words in this phrase

[dee]

Preposition linking nouns, often translated as of.

Example

Che tipo di ruolo è disponibile?

What kind of role is available?

Como

[KOH-moh]

Como

Town in Lombardy that gives its name to the lake.

Example

Como è vicino a Milano.

Como is near Milan.

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