Il backup automatico è nel cloud.

The automatic backup is in the cloud.

Breakdown of Il backup automatico è nel cloud.

• essere: to be
• nel: in
• il cloud: the remote online storage
• il backup: the safety copy

Questions & Answers about Il backup automatico è nel cloud.

Why is it il backup if backup is an English word?

In Italian, borrowed English nouns usually still take an Italian article. Here, backup is treated as a masculine singular noun, so it takes il.

So:

• il backup = the backup
• un backup = a backup

This is very common in modern Italian with technology words.

Why is it automatico and not automatica?

Automatico is an adjective, and in Italian adjectives usually agree with the noun in gender and number.

Since backup is treated here as masculine singular, the adjective must also be masculine singular:

• il backup automatico
• not il backup automatica

If the noun were feminine, you would use automatica instead.

Why does automatico come after backup?

In Italian, adjectives often come after the noun, especially when they are simply describing a quality in a neutral way.

So:

• il backup automatico = the automatic backup

This is the most natural order here. In some cases Italian adjectives can come before the noun, but with a technical description like this, backup automatico is the normal choice.

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