Superlative Adjectives In Italian

In Italian we have two types of Superlative Adjectives.

The first type is the Superlativo Relativo (Relative Superlative).

It expresses that something has a quality to the maximum or minimum extent compared with other items.

Let’s go through some examples!

We use the following structure:

Definite article + più/meno + adjective + di

The second type of Superlative Adjectives is the Superlativo Assoluto (Absolute Superlative).

It expresses the maximum level of a quality, without comparison.

Here you have some examples to understand it better!

As you can see in the examples, the Superlativo Assoluto is very easy to make: we just need to add the suffix -issimo to the base form of the adjective.

It always agrees with the noun it refers to, so we can have -issimo, -issima, -issimi and -issime.

Some adjectives have two different Superlative forms!

Be careful: in the second form of the Superlativo Relativo we don’t need to use più or meno!

Now you can start practicing!

Why don’t you make a couple of sentences and use the two types of Superlatives?

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