sottile

thin

adjective soht-TEE-leh Less Common

Origin: from Latin subtilis

Also means

subtle

Usage Note

Sottile means thin in the sense of slender or fine (a fetta sottile, a thin slice), and figuratively subtle, as in un'ironia sottile. Do not confuse it with magro, which is thin for people. Being invariable in the singular for both genders, it ends in -i in the plural: sottili.

Examples

"Taglia il prosciutto sottile."

Natural Translation

Slice the ham thin.

Literal Translation

Cut the ham thin.

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