dolce

sweet

adjective DOL-cheh Less Common

Origin: from Latin dulcis 'sweet'

Also means

dessert

Usage Note

Dolce describes sweet tastes, gentle people, and mild weather, as in dolce far niente ('the sweetness of doing nothing'). As a noun un dolce is a dessert or cake; it ends in -e so it does not change for gender, only for number (dolci).

Examples

"Questa torta è troppo dolce."

Natural Translation

This cake is too sweet.

Literal Translation

This cake is too sweet.

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