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Adjectives (Aggettivi italiani) Print this page  
Italian adjectives appears in feminine () and masculine (), singular and plural. There are two types:
 
1. Words ending on a in feminine and on o in masculine 2. Words ending on e in both genders.
Gender Singular Plural Gender Singular Plural
Concreto Concreti Danese Danesi
Concreta Concrete
Adjectives ending on -co/-ca gets the ending -ci or -chi in plural masculine, and in plural feminine -ca eller -che. Ex: stanco - stanchi     stanca - stanche
 
Adjectives ending on -io normally forms plural with the ending -i.
 
Adjectives in italian are normally placed after the nouns they describe. A few adjectives are placed in front of the noun: grande, vecchio, bello, alto, buono, piccolo, giovane, brutto, basso ogcattivo.
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Colors Colori
black nero
blue blu
brown marrone
gray grigio
green verde
orange arancione
purple viola
red rosso
white bianco
yellow giallo
 
Qualities Qualità
angry rabbioso
bad cattivo
careless negligente, negligenti
clean pulito
complete completo
contemptuous sdegnoso
correct corretto
Danish danese
dark buio
dear caro
difficult difficile
dirty sporco
dry secco
easy facile
empty vuoto
English inglese
excited concitato
expensive costoso
fast veloce
first primo
foreign straniero
full pieno
funny buffo
good buono
hard, difficult duro, difficile
heavy pesante
inexpensive economico
last ultimo
light luce
local locale
new nuovo
nobody nessuno
noisy rumoroso
old vecchio
poor povero
powerful potente
pregnant incinta
quiet tranquillo
resolute risoluto
rich ricco
sexy sexy
slow lento
soft morbido
Spanish spagnolo
specific concreto
spirited brioso
tired stanco
very molto
weak debole
wet bagnato
wrong sbagliato
young giovane
 
Quantities Quantità
a few qualche
few pochi
little poco
many molti
much molto
part parte
some alcuni
whole, all tutto, completo, totale
 
Shapes Forme
circular circolare
square quadrato
straight dritto
triangular triangolare
 
Sizes Dimensioni
big grande
deep profondo
long lungo
narrow stretto
short breve, basso
small piccolo
tall alto
thick spesso
thin sottile
wide ampio
 
Taste I gusti
bitter amaro
fresh fresco
salty salato
sour acido
spicy piccante
sweet dolce