How to Say "Someone Is Hot" in Italian

figo

/ˈfi.ɡo/

To say someone is hot in Italian, call him figo, a slang word meaning attractive or cool.

figo is said about a man who is attractive. It can also just mean cool, so it is used for people and things.

Which one should you use?

bello/a is the standard and more polite way to say someone is good looking. figo adds a sense of coolness or sex appeal.

figo is very colloquial and is used mostly among younger people or in informal settings.

For a woman the ending changes to figa, and for a group of men or a mixed group it is fighi.

It is pronounced /ˈfi.ɡo/, in two syllables, with the stress on the first and a hard g.

Do not use caldo for an attractive person. caldo only means hot in temperature.

While figo is a common way to say someone is hot, the feminine form figa is often used as a vulgar slang term for a woman's genitalia in many parts of Italy.
Be careful with the plural fighi, as while it means 'hot guys', it is also a common slang term for 'money' in some street dialects.
To describe someone as exceptionally attractive, Italians may say the person is una bomba, literally meaning 'a bomb'.

Quel ragazzo è proprio figo!
That guy is really hot!
Guarda quella ragazza, è proprio un cannone!
Look at that girl, she's a real hottie!
Quel ragazzo è molto figo.
That guy is very hot.
Guarda quel modello, è davvero figo.
Look at that model, he is really hot.
Non trovi che sia un tipo figo?
Don't you think he is a hot guy?

Two friends are talking about a person they saw at a party.

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