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Italy is world renowned for its cuisine, so it is not surprising that the Italian language has a wealth of adjectives to describe food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are studying Italian, and are learning how you can describe food, you’ll likely have come across the adjective “buono” (good), as this is one of the first few adjectives that students of Italian typically learn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you would like to go beyond the basics, and learn some more nuanced and advanced adjectives to describe food in Italian, this article is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n

How do you describe food in Italian? <\/h2>\n\n\n

The Italian formula to describe food is “Questo cibo \u00e8…” (this food is…) followed by the adjective that describes the food. Adverbs and adverbial phrases that act as intensifiers (such as “molto” – very) or downtoners (such as “non troppo” – not too) are also very useful to make your description of food more nuanced. As a general rule, these are placed before the adjective. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Typical Italian dish called “Caprese salad”, consisting of fresh basil, mozzarella cheese and tomatoes. Photo by Ilaria Bertini<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

An adverb is a word that can be used to modify an adjective such as “early” and and adverbial phrase is a group of words that has the same effect as an adverb, such as “not too early”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a list of adverbs and adverbial phrases that you can use to make your description of food in Italian more nuanced: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n