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Colors in Italian

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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
01	black		nero		preto
02	white		bianco		branco
03	red		rosso		vermelho
04	blue		blu		azul
05	yellow		giallo		amarelo
06	green		verde		verde
07	brown		marrone		marron
08	beige		beige		bege
09	colorful		colorato		colorido
10	gold		oro		dourado
11	grey		grigio		cinza
12	purple		viola		lilás
13	orange		arancia		alaranjado
14	pink		rosa		rosa
15	silver		argento		prata
16	purple		viola		roxo

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The colors - I colori

Vocabulary

English	Italiano
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:

1. Black cats (masculine) - Gatti neri OR (feminine) Gatte nere
2. The pens are yellow - Le penne sono gialle
3. 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).

1. A black cat - Un gatto nero (In this case, our cat is masculine hence "nero")

1. 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.

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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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