How to Say ‘Nuts’ in Italian
Frutta secca
FROOT-tah SEK-kah
[FROOT-tah SEK-kah]
💬 Usage Tip: Literally "dry fruit", this covers nuts and often dried fruit as well.
Phrase Breakdown
Frutta
[FROOT-tah]
fruit
Collective noun for fruit, used in singular.
La frutta è fresca.
The fruit is fresh.
secca
[SEK-kah]
dry
Feminine form of 'secco', meaning dry; with 'frutta' it means nuts and dried fruit.
La pelle è molto secca d'inverno.
The skin is very dry in winter.
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