Italian Adjectives

anziano/a

elderly

attivo/a

active

atletico/a

athletic

avaro/a

greedy

brillante

bright

coraggioso/a

courageous

crudele

cruel

curioso/a

curious

debole

weak

disponibile

helpful

dolce

sweet

duro/a

hard; tough

egoista

selfish

energico/a

energetic

fedele

faithful

gentile

kind

giovane

young

lamentoso/a

whiny

lento/a

slow

modesto/a

modest

povero/a

poor

preferito/a

favorite

ricco/a

rich

spiritoso/a

funny; clever

straniero/a

foreign

studioso/a

studious; diligent

vecchio/a

old

alto/a

tall

basso/a

short

brutto/a

ugly

carino/a

cute

grasso/a

fat

moro/a

dark-haired

muscoloso/a

muscular

sportivo/a

active (physical)

allegro/a

cheerful

arrabbiato/a

angry

audace

audacious, bold

dinamico/a

dynamic

disinvolto/a

confident

furbo/a

shrewd, sly

ingenuo/a

naive

(in)sensibile

(in)sensitive

(ir)responsabile

(ir)responsible

(s)cortese

(dis)courteous

azzurri

(sky) blue (hair and eyes)

bianchi

white (hair and eyes)

blu

blue (hair and eyes)

castani

brown (hair)

corti

short (hair)

grigi

grey (hair and eyes)

lisci

straight (hair)

lunghi

long (hair)

marroni

brown (eyes)

mossi

wavy (hair)

neri

black (hair and eyes)

nocciola

hazel (hair and eyes)

ricci

curly (hair)

rossi

red (hair and eyes)

verdi

green (hair and eyes)