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Hello everybody,
In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨COLORS¨ in Italian
Feel free to edit this page by adding new words and expressions !
Good learning ! :)
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Some words for Colors in Italian
Nos | ENGLISH | PRONUNCIATION
ENGLISH |
ITALIAN | PRONUNCIATION
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE |
BRAZILIAN
PORTUGUESE |
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01 | black | neh roh | nero | né ro | preto |
02 | white | byahn koh | bianco | bían ko | branco |
03 | red | roh soh | rosso | ró so | vermelho |
04 | blue | bloo | blu | bluu | azul |
05 | yellow | jah loh | giallo | djá lo | amarelo |
06 | green | vehr deh | verde | vér de | verde |
07 | brown | mah roh neh | marrone | mar ro ne | marron |
08 | beige | bay jeh | beige | bêi dje | bege |
09 | colorful | koh loh rah toh | colorato | ko lo ra to | colorido |
10 | gold | oh roh | oro | o ro | dourado |
11 | grey | grih joh | grigio | gri djo | cinza |
12 | purple | vyoh lah | viola | vi ó la | lilás |
13 | orange | ah rahn chah | arancia | a rán tcha | alaranjado |
14 | pink | roh sah | rosa | ró sa | rosa |
15 | silver | ahr jehn toh | argento | ar djén to | prata |
16 | purple | vyoh lah | viola | vi ó la | roxo |
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Vocabulary
English | Italiano |
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black | nero/a |
blue | blu |
brown | marrone |
gold | oro |
green | verde |
grey | grigio/a |
orange | arancione |
pink | rosa |
purple | viola |
red | rosso/a |
silver | argento |
yellow | giallo/a |
white | bianco/a |
How to use the colors and genders
In Italian language, objects have genders i.e either feminine or masculine. As we know, colors are adjectives (words that describe something). Adjectives in Italian MUST agree with the GENDER and NUMBER of the noun. You'll notice from the list of colors above that for colors that end in "o" there is also an option for an ending in "a" and this is dependent on the gender.
. Please Note: A few examples where the adjective agrees with number:
- Black cats (masculine) - Gatti neri OR (feminine) Gatte nere
- The pens are yellow - Le penne sono gialle
- Our grey spoons - i nostri cucchiai grigi
A black cat / O gato preto
This sentence can be written in two different ways in Italian, depending on the gender of the cat (our noun).
- A black cat - Un gatto nero (In this case, our cat is masculine hence "nero")
- A black cat - Una gatta nera (In this case, the cat is female hence "nera")
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The pen is yellow / A caneta é amarela
A pen in Italian is feminine i.e "Penna". Therefore, its adjective which is the color "yellow" MUST agree with our noun "pen" which is feminine.
Hence:
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The pen is yellow - La penna è gialla
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My grey spoon / Minha colher cinza
Spoon in Italian is masculine i.e "cucchiaio". Hence, the adjective must agree with the gender of the noun "spoon" and take a masculine form.
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My grey spoon - Il mio cucchiaio grigio
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