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The 100 most common adjectives in Italian 🇮🇹
Italian adjectives ranked by how often they appear, each with its translation and an example sentence. Press the speaker to hear a word.
| # | Italian | English | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | solo | alone, by oneself, unattended, unaccompanied, lonely, lone, lonesome | |
| 2 | primo | first | |
| 3 | proprio | one's, one's own, her , its , their | |
| 4 | nuovo | new | |
| 5 | senza | coxless | |
| 6 | quanto | how, how much, how many | |
| 7 | alcuno | some, a few | |
| 8 | secondo | second | |
| 9 | grande | of greater physical dimensions or numerosity | |
| 10 | diverso | different, diverse | |
| 11 | italiano | Italian | |
| 12 | bene | upper-class, posh, high | Parioli è il quartiere bene di Roma per eccellenza.Parioli is the posh Rome neighborhood par excellence. |
| 13 | ultimo | last | |
| 14 | certo | certain, sure | qual che tu sii, od ombra od omo certo!1867 translation by Longfellowwhiche’er thou art, or shade or real man! |
| 15 | fine | thin | |
| 16 | fatto | done, made | |
| 17 | quel | Apocopic form of quello, used before a consonant that is not impure. | |
| 18 | pubblico | public | |
| 19 | possibile | possible | |
| 20 | vero | true | Se non è vero, è ben trovato.If it is not true, it is a good story. |
| 21 | diritto | straight, direct | |
| 22 | politico | political | |
| 23 | piccolo | small | |
| 24 | sociale | social, societal | |
| 25 | particolare | particular, private, personal | |
| 26 | fino | thin, fine | |
| 27 | europeo | European | |
| 28 | tipo | standard, model, average, stock | |
| 29 | maggiore | bigger, greater | |
| 30 | lungo | long | |
| 31 | importante | important | |
| 32 | interno | inside, indoor, internal, interior, inner | |
| 33 | comune | mutual, common | |
| 34 | generale | general | |
| 35 | necessario | necessary | |
| 36 | nazionale | home, national, domestic | |
| 37 | presente | present | |
| 38 | alto | high, tall | |
| 39 | piano | plane | |
| 40 | spesso | thick | Italia mia, benché ’l parlar sia indarno / a le piaghe mortali / che nel bel corpo tuo sì spesse veggio […]My dear Italy, although speaking is useless to [cure] the mortal wounds that in your beautiful body I see so many […] |
| 41 | unico | only, sole, one, single | |
| 42 | sito | situated, located, lying | |
| 43 | buono | good | |
| 44 | uso | used, accustomed | |
| 45 | meglio | better, best | |
| 46 | vario | varied, various | |
| 47 | bello | nice, fair, fine, pleasant, beautiful | |
| 48 | umano | human | |
| 49 | economico | economic, financial | |
| 50 | giovane | young | |
| 51 | personale | personal, private | |
| 52 | locale | local | |
| 53 | relativo | relevant, attendant, respective | |
| 54 | internazionale | international | |
| 55 | futuro | future | |
| 56 | migliore | better | |
| 57 | libero | free | |
| 58 | vecchio | old, outworn | |
| 59 | fondo | deep | |
| 60 | semplice | simple | |
| 61 | obiettivo | objective | |
| 62 | soggetto | subject, dependent | |
| 63 | cittadino | town, city, civic, urban | |
| 64 | qualsiasi | any | |
| 65 | vicino | near, close | |
| 66 | basso | low | |
| 67 | gente | noble | Beltà di donna di piagente core,e cavalieri armati che sian genti,cantar d’augelli, e ragionar d’amore,adorni legni in mar forte correntiBeauty of lovely-hearted woman, and armed knights who are noble; singing of birds, and talking about love; adorned ships crossing the strong sea |
| 68 | americano | American, United States, US, Yankee | |
| 69 | massimo | maximum | |
| 70 | difficile | difficult, hard | |
| 71 | materiale | material | |
| 72 | principale | main, principal | |
| 73 | partito | party per pale, divided into two equal parts vertically | |
| 74 | pieno | full | |
| 75 | seguito | popular, successful | |
| 76 | prossimo | very near, near, close | |
| 77 | terzo | third | |
| 78 | gran | Apocopic form of grande | |
| 79 | giusto | just, right | |
| 80 | chiaro | bright, shiny | |
| 81 | specifico | specific | |
| 82 | intero | whole, entire | |
| 83 | privato | private, personal | |
| 84 | storico | historic, historical | |
| 85 | singolo | single | |
| 86 | culturale | cultural | |
| 87 | simile | similar | |
| 88 | superiore | superior | |
| 89 | utile | useful | |
| 90 | precedente | preceding, previous, foregoing, earlier | in una vita precedentein a former life |
| 91 | tecnico | technical | |
| 92 | lavoratore | working | |
| 93 | vivo | alive, live | |
| 94 | bianco | white | |
| 95 | reale | real | |
| 96 | medico | medical | |
| 97 | successivo | following, next, subsequent | |
| 98 | attuale | present, current, modern, existing | |
| 99 | fondamentale | fundamental, basic, essential | |
| 100 | militare | military |