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Tiscali: Italian Phrase Finder: Colour & Shape

COLOUR & SHAPE

Two key words for describing colours in Italian are:
chiaro	light	scuro	dark

black	nero	nayro
blue	blu	bloo
light blue	azzurro	az-zoor-ro
navy blue	blu marino	bloo ma-reeno
brown	marrone	mar-ronay
gold	oro	oro
green	verde	vayrday
grey	grigio	greejo
orange	arancione	aran-chonay
pink	rosa	roza
purple	viola	vee-ola
red	rosso	ros-so
silver	argenteo	arjayn-tayo
turqoise	turchese	toor-kayzay
white	bianco	bee-anko
yellow	giallo	jal-lo

* SHAPE

big	grande	granday
fat	grasso(a)	gras-so(a)
flat	piatto(a)	pee-at-to(a)
large	grosso(a)	gros-so(a)
long	lungo(a)	loongo(a)
narrow	stretto(a)	strayt-to(a)
pointed	appuntito(a)	ap-poon-teeto(a)
round	rotondo(a)	ro-tondo(a)
small	piccolo(a)	peek-kolo(a)
square	quadrato(a)	kwad-rato(a)
tall	alto(a)	alto(a)
thick	spesso(a)	spays-so(a)
thin	magro(a)	magro(a)
tiny	piccolino(a)	peek-ko-leeno(a)
wide	largo(a)	largo(a)

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