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Italian Adjectives

This is a list of adjectives in Italian. This can enable you describe different sizes and a variety of qualities such as (easy, difficult...).

Big: grande
Small: piccolo
Long: lungo
Short: breve (or)corto (or)basso
Tall: alto
Thick: spesso
Thin: sottile
Wide: largo (or) ampio

This table provides a list of adjectives of quality shown below. These are some of the most used adjectives in Italian.

Bad: cattivo
Good: buono
Easy: facile
Difficult: difficile
Expensive: costoso
Cheap: economico
Fast: veloce
Slow: lento
Old: vecchio
Old: vecchio
Young: giovane / giovani
New: nuovo
Heavy: pesante
Light: leggero
Empty: vuoto
Full: pieno
Right: corretto
Wrong: sbagliato
Strong: forte (or) potente
Weak: debole

These samples show how adjectives are used in Italian. Used in these examples with nouns, prepositions and pronouns.

Is this a new or old book?: Questo libro è nuovo o vecchio?
Is the test easy or difficult?: Questo test è facile o difficile?
Am I right or wrong?: Ho ragione o torto?
This is very expensive: Questo è molto costoso
Is he younger or older than you?: è più giovane di te o più vecchio?
Is she tall?: Lei è alta?

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