In Spanish and Italian do adjectives come before or after the noun?

Question

I know that in French adjectives go after nouns, apart from a few exceptions, but what about other European languages? Is English the only European language where adjectives precede the noun?

Answer 1

Normally in Spanish the adjective comes after the noun, but not always.

In German the adjective is often added to the noun to make a longer word.

In other Germanic and Slavic languages, the adjective comes before the noun.

Answer 2

In Spanish, the adjectives mainly come after the noun however there are few cases where the adjective comes first. For example, if you want to say "a good idea" that's "una buena idea"

I'm not sure about Italian though, although i'd imagine that most come after the noun.

Answer 3

In Spanish they usually come after the noun, but you may change the order to add a literary effect. For example, " the beautiful woman" may be translated as " la mujer hermosa" ( normal) or as " la hermosa mujer" ( in literature, etc). However, you can´t do this with all the words.
Sometimes the order of the adjective changes the meaning, for example "pobre" (poor) comes after the noun when it means someone doesnt have money, but before to show pity upon someone, like in expressions like "poor girl!".
In italian and in catalan i know the usual order is also noun-adjective.

Answer 4

In italian, adjectives come after the noun.
Example
una macchina rossa
(a red car)
BUT adjectives that are used very often, such as good, bad, big, small etc. can be used before the noun.
Example
una bella casa
(a beautiful house)
I' m not sure for spanish, because I' m a beginner in this language, but I suppose that it' s the same.

Answer 5

In Italian adjectives come after and/or before the noun, it depends on the context, but if you don't want to make mistakes, you'd better always say it after.

Answer 6

After the noun as in all central european languages as these languages stemmed from the Romans who spoke Latin

Answer 7

usually in Spain the adjective go after the noun.

Answer 8

Spanish the noun comes after x

Answer 9

in spanish, adjectives come after nouns, but i'm not sure of other languages.

Answer 10

In Italian adjectives can precede or follow the noun they're referring to according to context and situation; usually adj came first when you want to put emphasis on that quality (good or poor) mostly about how he/she/it appears (beauty, ugly, tall, big, etc.); "handsome man" = "uomo bello", formally, but you're always going to hear "bell'uomo": "Gigi Buffon is indeed a handsome man!" = "Gigi Buffon è davvero un bell'uomo!"
"You live in a very beautiful house" = "Vivi in una bellissima casa" or also "Vivi in una casa bellissima", here is the same.

But mostly adj can only follow noun: "A fast car" = "Una macchina veloce"; "A rich man" = "Un uomo ricco"; "A hot dish" = "Un piatto caldo", etc.
So, adjective should be put after the noun but sometimes is allowed to put it before; some other times it's even better putting it before.