adolescenziale

adolescent

adjective ah-doh-leh-shen-TSYAH-leh Rare

Origin: From 'adolescenza', adolescence, from Latin 'adolescere', to grow up.

Also means

teenage

Usage Note

Adolescenziale refers to anything characteristic of adolescence — behaviours, crises, or literature aimed at teenagers. It is a single-ending adjective (same form for masculine and feminine): un dramma adolescenziale, una fase adolescenziale. The noun is l'adolescenza (adolescence).

Examples

"I romanzi adolescenziali spesso trattano temi universali."

Natural Translation

Teenage novels often deal with universal themes.

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