Meaning
urban
- polite, courteous (formal or literary)
In a sentence
Vivo in una zona urbana molto tranquilla.
I live in a very quiet urban area.
Il nuovo parco urbano ha aperto ieri.
The new urban park opened yesterday.
Il traffico urbano è peggiorato negli ultimi anni.
Urban traffic has worsened in recent years.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| urbano | masculine · singular |
| urbana | feminine · singular |
| urbani | masculine · plural |
| urbane | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use urbano for cities and infrastructure: sviluppo urbano, area urbana. For polite, refined behavior, urbane is literary and much less common.
- It agrees like a regular adjective: ambiente urbano, zone urbane. Learners often forget the plural urbani/urbane.
- In everyday Italian, cittadino can overlap with urbano, but cittadino often means civic or relating to citizens, not just the urban environment.