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Ogni utente deve avere una password sicura.

Ogni utente deve avere una password sicura.
Every user must have a secure password.
From Lesson 236:The comitative and instrumental pronoun (ci)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Ogni utente deve avere una password sicura.

Why do we use Ogni utente instead of Tutti gli utenti?
Both are grammatically correct, but they have slightly different focuses. Ogni means "every" or "each" and must always be followed by a singular noun without an article. Tutti means "all" and takes a plural noun with a definite article (tutti gli utenti).
Why is the English word password treated as feminine here?
Foreign loanwords are assigned a gender in Italian. Password is feminine (la password), most likely because the traditional Italian translation is la parola d'ordine (the password/watchword). Because it is feminine, the article and adjective must agree, giving us una password sicura.
Is the noun utente masculine or feminine?
It can be either! Nouns ending in -nte usually have the same spelling for both genders. You tell them apart by the article: un utente for a male user, and un'utente (with an apostrophe) for a female user. In this sentence, it is used in a general, gender-neutral sense.

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