Breakdown of Infatti l'assessora è un'ottima avvocata.
essere
to be
un
a / an (masculine)
ottimo
excellent
l'avvocato
the lawyer (m)
Questions & Answers about Infatti l'assessora è un'ottima avvocata.
Why do we see avvocata here instead of avvocatessa or l'avvocato?
Historically, women in this profession were referred to with the masculine avvocato or the suffix avvocatessa. Modern Italian strongly prefers regularizing titles by simply changing the masculine -o ending to -a, so avvocato becomes avvocata. The -essa suffix is often avoided today because it can sound dated or slightly dismissive.
How does the masculine word assessore become assessora?
Just a quick refresher: why does un'ottima have an apostrophe?
Because ottima is feminine and starts with a vowel, the feminine indefinite article una drops its final -a and uses an apostrophe. If the subject were masculine, it would be un ottimo avvocato without an apostrophe, because the masculine article un is already a complete word.