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Scroll down to find a table with the most important adjectives of nationality in Italian.
When you use an Italian adjective in a sentence, make sure its form matches the number and gender of the noun! Adjectives can be masculine, feminine, singular or plural.
Adjectives of nationality are not capitalized in the Italian language.
| Masculine | Feminine | |
| Singular | italiano | italiana |
| Plural | italiani | italiane |
Nationalities in Italian that end in -e, like inglese (English), have only two forms: singular (inglese) and plural (inglesi).
Each English country is also given.
Adjectives of nationality list
Pronounciation of the adjectives of nationality in Italian
| Country / Continent | Nationality |
|---|---|
| Africa | africano |
| America | americano |
| Argentina | argentino |
| Asia | asiatico |
| Australia | australiano |
| Brazil | brasiliano |
| Canada | canadese |
| Cina | cinese |
| Croatia | croato |
| Denmark | danese |
| Finland | finlandese |
| France | francese |
| Germany | tedesco |
| Greece | greco |
| Egypt | egiziano |
| England | inglese |
| Europe | europeo |
| Iceland | islandese |
| Italy | italiano |
| Ireland | irlandese |
| India | indiano |
| Japan | giapponese |
| Korea (North) | nordcoreano |
| Korea (South) | sudcoreano |
| Mexico | messicano |
| Morocco | marocchino |
| Norway | norvegese |
| Paesi Bassi / Olanda | olandese |
| Poland | polacco |
| Portugal | portoghese |
| Romania | rumeno |
| Russia | russo |
| Spain | spagnolo |
| Stati Uniti | statunitense |
| Sweden | svedese |
| Switzerland | svizzero |
| Tunisia | tunisino |
| Turkey | turco |
| Ukraine | ucraino |
For example, you can say…
| Einar è svedese. | Einar is Swedish. |
| Mia zia è polacca. | My aunt is Polish. |
| Conosco una ragazza cinese. | I know a Chinese girl. |
| Ti piace lo yogurt greco? | Do you like Greek yogurt? |
| Si dice che i tedeschi lavorino molto velocemente. | Germans are said to work very fast. |
| Che differenza c’è tra un elefante indiano e uno africano? | What is the difference between an Indian elephant and an African elephant? |
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