Meaning
succulent, juicy
- tender, juicy, and tasty (describing food)
- fleshy and adapted to store water (botany: succulent plants)
In a sentence
Al ristorante abbiamo gustato un arrosto particolarmente tenero e succulento.
At the restaurant we enjoyed a particularly tender and succulent roast.
I frutti di quel mercato locale sembravano dolci e succulenti.
The fruits from that local market looked sweet and juicy.
Il cameriere ci ha descritto un piatto succulento a base di carne.
The waiter described a succulent meat-based dish to us.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| succulento | masculine · singular |
| succulenta | feminine · singular |
| succulenti | masculine · plural |
| succulente | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Commonly used in formal or culinary descriptions of rich meats or fruits.
- For simple 'juicy', 'succoso' is also very common.