Meaning
sour, tart, harsh
- sour, tart, acidic
- harsh, bitter, severe
- rugged, steep (terrain)
In a sentence
Questo limone è troppo aspro per me.
This lemon is too tart for me.
Hai sentito il sapore aspro di questo yogurt?
Did you taste the sour flavor of this yogurt?
La salita era aspra, ma siamo arrivati in cima.
The climb was steep, but we reached the top.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| aspro | masculine · singular |
| aspra | feminine · singular |
| aspri | masculine · plural |
| aspre | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- For food, aspro is literary or regional in many contexts; acido is more common for sour milk, wine, or fruit.
- With people, speech, or tone, aspro suggests roughness or severity; duro is broader, severo is more formal and institutional.
- Use it before nouns in fixed collocations like aspro dibattito or terreno aspro; it agrees normally: aspra, aspri, aspre.