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Essential Italian Adjectives You Should Know

Lalo Team·Updated April 17, 2026·3 min read

The most common Italian adjectives ranked by frequency. Describe people, places, and things with confidence.

97 adjectives found

WordTranslation
miomy, mine
soloonly, alone
suohis, her, its; your (formal)
primofirst
pocolittle, few, a bit
altroother, another
grandebig, large, great
nuovonew
buonogood
stessosame, self
ognievery, each
vecchioold
lungolong
piccolosmall, little
certocertain, sure
ultimolast, final
bellobeautiful, nice
altotall, high
carodear, expensive
fortestrong, loud
migliorebetter, best
verotrue, real
sicurosure, safe
chiaroclear, light (color)
giovaneyoung
importanteimportant
neroblack
biancowhite
rossored
verdegreen
blublue
gialloyellow
pienofull
vuotoempty
caldohot, warm
freddocold
possibilepossible
facileeasy
difficiledifficult
felicehappy
tristesad
arrabbiatoangry
stancotired
contentohappy, pleased
prontoready
gentilekind, polite
semplicesimple
giustoright, fair, just
sbagliatowrong, mistaken
vicinonear, close; neighbor
lontanofar, distant
necessarionecessary
diversodifferent; diverse
particolareparticular; special
liberofree
falsofalse; fake
velocefast; quick
lentoslow
dolcesweet; gentle
amarobitter
riccorich
poveropoor
tranquillocalm; quiet
nervosonervous
interowhole; entire
profondodeep
strettonarrow; tight
largowide; broad
leggerolight (weight)
pesanteheavy
stranostrange, odd
normalenormal
specialespecial
meravigliosowonderful, marvellous
terribileterrible
magnificomagnificent
deliziosodelicious, delightful
curiosocurious
noiosoboring
divertentefun, entertaining
pericolosodangerous
affidabilereliable, trustworthy
disponibileavailable
occupatobusy, occupied
apertoopen
chiusoclosed
colmofull, brimming
rotondoround
quadratosquare
drittostraight
innocenteinnocent
colpevoleguilty
solaresolar
nazionalenational
internazionaleinternational
localelocal
attualecurrent, present

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