Praticamente tutti hanno già pagato.

to have

Breakdown of Praticamente tutti hanno già pagato.

• pagare: to pay
• già: already
• tutti: everyone

Questions & Answers about Praticamente tutti hanno già pagato.

What does praticamente mean here, and is it the same as English practically?

Here praticamente means something like practically, almost, or more or less in the sense of nearly everyone.

So Praticamente tutti hanno già pagato means that almost everyone has already paid, not necessarily every single person.

Be careful: praticamente can also mean basically in other contexts, especially in spoken Italian. So it is often a close cousin of English practically, but the exact nuance depends on the sentence.

In this sentence, it clearly modifies tutti:

• praticamente tutti = practically everyone

Why is it tutti and not tutto?

Because tutti is plural, while tutto is singular.

• tutto = everything / all of it
• tutti = everyone / all of them / all

In this sentence, the idea is all the people or everyone, so the plural form tutti is needed.

Compare:

• Tutto è pronto. = Everything is ready.
• Tutti sono pronti. = Everyone is ready. / They are all ready.

Does tutti here mean everyone or all?