How to say beautiful in Italian

Italian is un-doubtfully a very beautiful language itself. Italian culture is very rich and mesmerizing. Italy is a very popular and loved travel destination and receives tourists from around the world. The basic issue that every single non-native face is the language barrier. Italian is the national language of Italy and not many people are familiar with it.

In this blog, we are going to learn how to say BEAUTIFUL IN ITALIAN. Since the people and sights of the country are very beautiful, you need to learn the word if you’re planning or wish to visit the country sometime in the future.

How to say beautiful in Italian:

When you’re in Italy, you won’t be able to help yourself by admiring and praising the beautiful people, culture, environment, and places. But since you don’t know the language, it would be a little hard, isn’t it? If you’re wondering how do you say beautiful in Italian, let us tell you that the most generic word for ‘beautiful’ is “Bello”.

‘Bello’ is used to describe the beauty of everything that pleases your eyes. Let it be a thing, pet, view, or anything in general. There are many other gender specific and specified words to say beautiful in Italian too. If you want to tell a person ‘you’re beautiful’ in Italian, Just saying ‘Bello’ won’t be appropriate. So how do you say you’re beautiful in Italian? Let’s find out:

For males:

To describe a man as beautiful or handsome, the word ‘Bello’ would be used as it is. The word ‘Bello’ is used to appreciate a singular guy though. If you want to refer to more than one man as handsome, the word would be ‘Belli’. Belli means beautiful boys/men.

For females:

To complement a beautiful woman in Italian, the word is ‘Bella’. To refer to more than one woman, the word would be replaced with ‘Belle’ which means beautiful girls.

Using these adjectives:

In order to refer to someone as very beautiful in Italian, these adjectives are used with a verb. The words with nouns are:

• Bambino Bello: Beautiful guy
• Bambina Bella: Beautiful girl
• Bambini Belli: Beautiful guys
• Bambine belle: beautiful girls

Using phrases to describe beauty:

• To call someone beautiful in Italian, you would say ‘Sei Bello’. OR
• Ciao Bella: Hi beautiful. OR
• Saying Good morning beautiful in Italian would be ‘BuongiornoBellezza’.

Other words for beautiful in Italian:

Other words of defining beautiful in Italian on the basis of the intensity of something are:

Bellissimo:

The expression –issimo is used to emphasize something. Adding it with Bello will make it define something extraordinarily charming.

It could be used in plural or gender-specific words as:

• Bellisima- feminine
• Bellissimi- masculine plural.
• Bellissime- feminine plural

Bell’:

It is defined to use the beauty of some general thing specifically. It is used with a singular noun starting with a vowel.

• For example, Bell’ house: a beautiful house.

Piu Bello:

The literal English translation of Piu Bello is ‘more beautiful’. As we can tell, it is generally used to compare two thing’s beauty.

• Rose e Più Bello di Jasmine Means: Roses are more beautiful than Jasmine.
• Rome e Piu Bello de Venice Means: Rome is more beautiful than Venice.

The word ‘Piu’ adds the comparison in the sentence. You can use it to compare any two things in any manner.

Molto Bello:

The word ‘Molto’ means ‘very’. The phrase ‘Molto Bello’ is the superlative degree of beauty. It means ‘very beautiful’ in Italian. We can say that it’s another way of saying ‘Bellissimo‘ as that word is also used to describe something extraordinary, just like ‘Molto Bello’.

The phrase ‘very beautiful’ in Italian is used to refer to something that is more pretty than normal Or to define the adjective in use. Adding ‘Molto’ before any adjective adds emphasis on the adjective used for the noun.

For example:

• I Suoiocchisono Molto Bello: her eyes are very beautiful

Other than using ‘Bello’ and similar words for defining what is beautiful in Italian, there are other words to do so too. Let’s have a look at some other types of words which are also used to say beautiful in Italian.

Stupendo:

Stupendo is a very common word to describe some ‘Incredibly Attractive’ in Italian. It’s extracted from the English word ‘stupendous‘, which means the same. Although the word is very rarely used in English but in Italian, it is more popular.

This word is also used in different ways with reference to gender and quantity. Such as :

• Stupendo: Masculine
• Stupenda: Feminine
• Stupende: Feminine plural
• Stupendi: Masculine plural

For example:

• Stupenderagazze: beautiful girls

Magnifico:

Another less popular yet possible word for beautiful in Italian is ‘Magnifico’ , which is obviously driven from the English word ‘magnificent’. It does not literally translate to beautiful but could be used to define the beauty of something.

Final thoughts:

By reading this article, we are sure that now you know how do you say you are beautiful in Italian. There are different words for different situations. Such as the word to define a beautiful woman in Italian is different from defining a beautiful place. But by all means, we can say that Italian is a very interesting and easy language to learn.

Most of its words and phrases are similar to English words. So it is not very hard to learn as much Italian as to help you live there for a short period of time. Another advantage is, let’s face it, it sounds cool. So it would be a good addition to know basic Italian in leaving an impact over other people.