"We open a double door."

Translation: Apriamo una doppia porta.

[tmac876]

Could someone explain why sometimes an adjective is used after the noun and sometimes it is used before the noun? For example: A black door = una porta nera...but a double door = una doppia porta. I put "una porta doppia" and it was considered wrong, and I'm not sure why. Any help on this would be much appreciated!

[paolomar77]

In this case is the type of the door that is called "doppia porta".

[thi-fcr]

I typed "porta doppia" and it was accepted. (2020/11)

[razieizadi]

no it wasn't for me 2020/11

[MartaCF96]

it is accepted now... I'm confused since it is always changing... is it correct or not

[arisasdf]

I'm confused about this too, especially since I've also seen "caffe doppio", so I applied the same logic.

[h0w412d]

There're some rules, but as usual they don't apply to everything. Colors do always come after the noun.

There're also cases where both before and after are acceptable, AND they have different meanings.

[DominiqueB19]

I used una porta doppia and it was accepted. DL must have corrected.

[Bixxby]

I used it too, but I got it marked wrong...

[Andy_dw]

Same mistake and DL didn't accept it either. I've read some comments but I'm still confused here.
So basically you can't do any wrong by placing doppio (as an adjective of quantity) in front of the noun? Although we better ask for a "caffè doppio", right?

[jess28423]

A double door is a noun not an adjective........i might be very wrong

[MinorProphet1]

Door is a noun and double is an adjective. That's what he's asking. Hope that makes sense :)

[Jim328281]

I used porta doppia and it was marked correct but duo suggested doppia porta as an alternative.

[macabred]

Any reason why doppia isn't even in the hint list for double? This is the first time I've seen the word.

[DominiqueB19]

It is in the hint list I used. In fact, it was the first suggestion.

[macabred]

Andriod verso on kindle fire choices: raddoppiamo, meltiplichiamo per due, and pieghiamo in due.

[DominiqueB19]

I also use the Android version. Strange.

[Thumbles6]

Today april 2021 it was marked wrong with porta doppia.

[Pind116]

In Danish "port" means "gate" so seing "porta" meaning "door" is funny to me :)

[Gerhard.Mehler]

Why not "apriamo un cancello doppio" ?