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- You can indossare/portare (to wear), you can mettere (to put on, to wear), togliere/levare (take off), provare (try on) la giacca (jacket), il cappello (hat), le scarpe (shoes) and so on
- You can legare/allacciare (to tie) or slegare/slacciare (to untie) i lacci delle scarpe (shoestrings)
- Le scarpe (shoes), like a part of your body (see Unità 9.2), can fare male (hurt): Queste scarpe mi fanno troppo male! (These shoes hurt me so bad!)
- All these verbs, with the exception of indossare/portare (to wear) are used in their reflexive form (see the previous chapter) when action carried out by the subject is performed on the same subject: mettersi (to put on, to wear), togliersi/levarsi (to take off), provarsi (to try on), legarsi/allacciarsi (to tie), slegarsi/slacciarsi (to untie): Io mi metto una maglietta (I put on a t-shirt), Lei si prova una camicetta (She tries on a blouse). Note the difference: Io metto la giacca a mio figlio (I put my son his jacket on) / Io mi metto la giacca (I put on my jacket)
- Vestirsi means to get dressed: Prima mi faccio la doccia, poi mi vesto (First I take a shower, then I get dressed)
- Vestirsi bene/male (to dress well/badly): Sua moglie si veste bene, ma lui si veste male (His wife dresses well, but he dresses badly)
- As for body parts in general, Italian possessives are not used with clothes and accessories: Mi metto le scarpe (I put on my shoes), Lui si toglie il cappello (He takes off his hat)
Clothing Below you’ll find a list of common clothing vocabulary that you can use when shopping in Italy or just talking about clothes. To practice vocabulary and pronunciation, use Quizlet. Note: (l’) abito suit/dress can also be called (il) vestito. If you want to specify, you can add da uomo/da donna: (l’) abito da uomo /(il) vestito da uomo (man’s suit), (l’) abito da donna /(il) vestito da donna (woman’s dress, gown). 2. A small hat (or a cap) is called cappellino, word formed with the suffix –ino (see Unità 8).Clothing materials To describe clothes or accessories, it is also necessary to know the material they are made of. In Italian you do it indicating cloth or accessory + di + material name: una giacca di pelle (a leather jacket), pantaloni di velluto (corduroy pants). Note: Italian has two words for leather. The word cuoio is used only to indicate the hard and thick leather that goes under the sole of shoes: only shoes can be di cuoio. Shoes, like all other clothing, can also be di pelle if they are made of soft leather.Useful clothing verbs |
GRAMMAR
The verb togliere
All verbs formed with –gliere are conjugated like togliere: cogliere (to pick, to grab), raccogliere (to pick up), scegliere (to choose), sciogliere (to melt), and so on. If you prefer you could consider togliere and similar verbs as regular verbs in –ere (see Unità 6.1), but you would have to remember a few tricks:
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