italiano · A1 · vocabulary · 4 minutes
Clothes
Describe what someone wears with indossare and full agreement.
Understand the choice
Clothing descriptions combine item number, color behavior, and weather. Indossare is explicit “wear,” while avere addosso is a common spoken alternative.
Core rule: Indossare takes a direct object; attributive colors agree unless invariable.
Notice it in context
Oggi Marta indossa una giacca blu e scarpe nere.
Today Marta is wearing a blue jacket and black shoes.
Una giacca is feminine singular and blu stays invariable; scarpe nere shows feminine plural agreement.
In inverno indosso un cappotto grigio.
In winter I wear a gray coat.
Cappotto and grigio agree masculine singular.
I pantaloni neri stanno bene con la camicia bianca.
The black trousers go well with the white shirt.
Neri agrees with plural pantaloni; bianca with feminine camicia.
What to remember
- Pantaloni is normally plural; un paio di pantaloni is one pair.
- Vestito can mean dress, suit, or outfit according to context.
Common trap: Do not pluralize an invariable color: giacche blu, not bluе.