Ah, to be in love in Italy! Doesn’t it sound like the most romantic thing?
For all our readers who are in love, and for all those who will soon be, here’s our Word of the Week: innamorato/a.
Innamorato (masculine singular) used as an adjective means to be in love, as in Sono innamorato della mia fidanzata – I’m in love with my girlfriend;
The feminine is innamorata, as in Sono innamorata delle mie scarpe italiane – I’m in love with my Italian shoes;
The masculine plural is innamorati, as in, noi di ITALY Magazine siamo innamorati dell’Italia – we at ITALY Magazine are in love with Italy;
The feminine plural is innamorate: siamo innamorate di Marcello Mastroianni.
If you are crazy in love with someone, you are innamorato/a perso/a.
To fall in love is innamorarsi.
Innamorato/a can also be used as a noun, meaning sweetheart, boyfriend/girlfriend, as in “il mio innamorato/la mia innamorata mi porta in Italia come regalo di San Valentino” (my sweetheart/boyfriend/girlfriend is taking me to Italy as a present for Valentine’s Day).
Listen to the great Lucio Battisti as he sings about becoming more and more innamorato – “innamorato sempre di più”:
