Word
I tuoi dati mostrano una percentuale preoccupante.
Meaning
Your figures show a worrying percentage.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of I tuoi dati mostrano una percentuale preoccupante.
una
a / an (feminine)
tuo
your
mostrare
to show
il dato
the figure (data, statistic)
Questions & Answers about I tuoi dati mostrano una percentuale preoccupante.
The English translation says "figures", but the Italian is dati. Could I use the Italian word figure instead?
No, because it is a "false friend." In Italian, figure refers to geometric shapes, book illustrations, or physical silhouettes. When you are talking about numerical data, statistics, or mathematical figures, you must use dati (data).
How does the word preoccupante get the meaning of "worrying"?
Why is there an I before tuoi dati? Don't we just say "your figures"?
Percentuale and preoccupante both end in -e. How do we know their gender here?