adjective sweetderived from the more common adjective Dolce (Sweet), refers to anything that tastes sweet but unpleasant.Some possible translations include sickly sweet or cloying.
/dol·cià·stro/ – [dolˈtʃastro]
adjectives such as sweet Always agree with the nouns they describe, which means they have to prove whether they are masculine, feminine, singular, or plural. This is accomplished by changing the ending of the adjective. For example:
- sweet wine = Disgusting liqueur
- sweet cake = Sweet cake
- sweet wine = Disgusting sweet wine
- sweet cake = Sweet cake
The soup tastes sweet.
The soup had a sickly sweet taste.
Similar to its English counterpart, sweet It can also be used metaphorically to describe a person's character or their behavior.
“Good evening,” the man said in a sickly sweet voice.
“Good evening,” the man said in a sickly sweet voice.
Heather Broster is a graduate with honors in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario. She is an aspiring polyglot, fluent in English and Italian, as well as varying degrees of fluency in Japanese, Welsh and French. Originally from Toronto, Heather has lived in several countries, notably Italy for six years. Her main research areas are language acquisition, education and bilingual teaching.
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