🇮🇹 Italian from 🇬🇧 English All Words
rosso/a
A1 adjective Colori
🇬🇧 English: red
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Definizione

🇮🇹 Italian
adjective

Colore simile a quello dei papaveri, dei pomodori maturi e delle ciliegie.

Definition

🇬🇧 English

A bright colour like blood or fire. Red is at the long wavelength end of the colour spectrum.

Grammatica

🇮🇹 Italian

Gender: maschile. Plurale: rossi.

🇬🇧 Adjective. Used before nouns: 'a red rose', or after verbs: 'the apple is red'. Comparative: redder. Common collocations: red wine, red light, red card (football), red tape (bureaucracy).

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

Red is one of the most emotionally powerful colours in English-speaking cultures. It signals danger (red light, red alert) but also love (red roses on Valentine's Day). 'Red tape' means unnecessary bureaucracy.

Esempi

Il muro e la porta sono rossi.

"Il muro e la porta sono rossi."

🇬🇧 "The wall and the door are red."

In autunno le foglie sono rosse.

"In autunno le foglie sono rosse."

🇬🇧 "In autumn the leaves are red."

Completa la frase 🇮🇹 Italian

Il muro e la porta sono ___.

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