bello

beautiful

adjective BEL-loh Common

Origin: Latin bellus (pretty, fine)

Also means

fine

Usage Note

Bello has contracted forms before nouns that parallel the definite article: bel (m sing before consonant), bell' (before vowel), bello (before s+consonant/z/gn/ps), bei (m plural before consonant), begli (m plural before vowel/s+consonant). Used after the noun it always takes the full form. The phrase che bello! ('how lovely!') is extremely common.

Examples

"Che bel panorama da questa finestra!"

Natural Translation

What a beautiful view from this window!

Literal Translation

What beautiful panorama from this window!

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