Italian grammar
-issimo: really, really
Say something is "extremely" good, tasty or tiring.
From the scene È buonissimo! (It's really, really good!)
In short
Drop the last vowel and add -issimo for really, really: buonissimo. It agrees like any adjective.
- really, really good buonissimo / buonissima
- really tasty saporitissimo
- exhausted stanchissimo
- thanks so much grazie tantissime
Your turn
Which one goes with really tasty?
Options: buonissimo / buonissima · stanchissimo · saporitissimo
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really tasty → saporitissimo
How it works
Drop the last vowel of an adjective and add -issimo for 'really, really': buono → buonissimo, stanco → stanchissimo.
Good to know
It agrees like any adjective: buonissima, tantissime.
really, really good buonissimo / buonissima
Javi
Questo è buonissimo!
This is really, really good!
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Questo è (blank)!
Options: stanchissimo · buonissimo · saporitissimo
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Javi
Questo è buonissimo!
This is really, really good!
really tasty saporitissimo
Nuria
Vero? Il polpo è saporitissimo.
Right? The octopus is delicious.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Vero? Il polpo è (blank).
Options: buonissimo · stanchissimo · saporitissimo
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Nuria
Vero? Il polpo è saporitissimo.
Right? The octopus is delicious.
exhausted stanchissimo
Javi
Ma sono stanchissimo.
But I'm exhausted.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Ma sono (blank).
Options: buonissimo · saporitissimo · stanchissimo
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Javi
Ma sono stanchissimo.
But I'm exhausted.
thanks so much grazie tantissime
Your turn
What goes with grazie tantissime?
Options: really tasty · thanks so much · really, really good
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grazie tantissime → thanks so much
Watch out
Stanco keeps its hard c, so it's stanchissimo with an h; and never add -issimo to words that are already extreme, like squisito or ottimo.
Common mistake
Not buonissima or buonissimi here. "questo" takes the masculine form.
Questo è buonissimo!
This is really, really good!
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| really, really good | buonissimo / buonissima |
|---|---|
| really tasty | saporitissimo |
| exhausted | stanchissimo |
| thanks so much | grazie tantissime |
More lines from the story
- JaviAnche l'empanada. Buonissima!And the empanada too. Really delicious!
- JaviTaglia questo, metti quello... Tutto il giorno!Cut this, put that there... All day long!
- JaviBeh, ha ragione. Questo è buonissimo!Well, she's right. This is really, really good!