Meaning
crowd
- crowd; mob
- multitude, host
In a sentence
C'era una folla enorme davanti al cinema.
There was a huge crowd in front of the movie theater.
Hai visto quanta folla in spiaggia oggi?
Did you see how many people were at the beach today?
Non amo la folla dei grandi centri commerciali.
I don't like the crowds in big shopping malls.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| folla | feminine · singular |
| folle | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Usually singular: c'era molta folla, not *molte folle, unless you mean different crowds in different places.
- Use folla for a mass of people; pubblico is the audience, gente is more general and less compact.
- Common with in: in mezzo alla folla, perdersi nella folla. Definite article often appears in fixed phrases.