Meaning
woodland
- woods
- forest
In a sentence
Nel bosco c'è sempre un'aria fresca.
There is always fresh air in the woods.
Hai visto quel sentiero nel bosco?
Did you see that path in the woods?
Ieri siamo andati nel bosco.
Yesterday we went to the woods.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| bosco | masculine · singular |
| boschi | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use bosco for a wooded area; foresta suggests a larger, denser forest and sounds more formal or literary.
- Usually masculine singular: il bosco. Plural is i boschi, with -chi to keep the hard c sound.
- Common contraction: nel bosco = in the woods. Learners often overuse in bosco instead of nel bosco.