Italian help: vita bella or bella vita?

Question

for 'beautiful life' or 'the good life',

is it bella vita, or vita bella?

Answer 1

In Italian, adjectives usually follow the nouns they modify so you would say 'La vita bella' however the reverse is true in some colloquial expressions.

"Fai la bella vita" is also used to mean "You're living the good life"

Answer 2

The good life is "la bella vita" for sure.

Answer 3

Usually, Vita Bella

Answer 4

We usually say "bella vita". It's more correct than "vita bella", but if you say "vita bella" and not "bella vita", it's the same.Don't worry.

Answer 5

its vita bella my freind.

: http://youtube.com/watch?v=aS6-b7CONDI

In the song thats amora; he say's "vita bella" not to long into the song.

Answer 6

Hi i'm Italian. Depends from the sentence,but you can say vita bella and bella vita....don't worry because is the same.

bye

Answer 7

It's the same either way.

Answer 8

Usually in Italian putting the adjective before or after a noun gives the expression a different meaning. Both sentences are gramatically correct but "vita bella" isn't used. Bella vita is the correct form for what you're asking.

Answer 9

Depends from the sentence, although usually it is "bella vita".  

Examples of usage:

- "He had a beautiful life" ->  "Egli ebbe una bella vita";

- "Living the beautiful life" -> "Darsi alla bella vita"

Also (for the other poster): "amora" is not an Italian word and is not even mentioned in the song "That's amore". Besides, that song should not be taken as a reference by anybody interested in either Italian language or Italian culture, since it is an old US song written by US authors for the US public about Italian stereotypes, and sang by the Italian-American Dean Martin (a.k.a. Dino Paul Crocetti).

Answer 10

It's 'Bella Vita' (beautiful life) and 'la dolce vita' for 'the sweet life.'

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