In Italy the word for monkey is “scimmia”. It’s a relatively common word and you’ll hear it used often in conversation movies and TV.
There are a few different ways you can use the word “scimmia” to refer to a monkey. For example you could say “un piccolo scimmia” (a little monkey) “una scimmia di colore” (a colored monkey) or “una scimmia che salta” (a jumping monkey).
If you’re talking about a specific type of monkey you can use the word “scimmia” followed by the name of that type of monkey. For example “una scimmia rhesus” (a Rhesus monkey) or “una scimmia gibbon” (a gibbon monkey).
When referring to a group of monkeys you can use the plural form of “scimmia” which is “scimmie”. For example you could say “cercavano di non fare rumore per non disturbare le scimmie” (they tried not to make noise so as not to disturb the monkeys).
So there you have it! Now you know how to say monkey in Italian.
How do you say “monkey” in Italian?
scimmia
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scimmia
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