Meaning
taste, flavour/flavor, savor
- flavor, taste
In a sentence
Questa salsa ha un sapore molto piccante.
This sauce has a very spicy flavor.
Che sapore ha questo gelato al limone?
What does this lemon gelato taste like?
La pasta non ha sapore senza sale.
Pasta has no flavor without salt.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sapore | masculine · singular |
| sapori | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use sapore for the overall flavor of food; gusto often means personal preference too, so they are not always interchangeable.
- With food, Italians often say avere sapore or dare sapore. Sapore alone can sound more descriptive than colloquial in some contexts.
- Figuratively, sapore di + noun means a hint or atmosphere of something: un film con sapore d'altri tempi.