Common word in italian

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OUR LIST OF THE 1000 MOST COMMON WORDS IN ITALIANS BELOW:

This Italian word list is in order of frequency. 

Frequency Number Italian in English
1 sono I am
2 io I
3 il suo his
4 che that
5 lui he
6 era he/she was
7 per for
8 su on
9 come as/like
10 con with
11 loro they
12 essere to be
13 a at
14 uno one
15 avere to have
16 questo this
17 da from
18 di by
19 caldo hot
20 parola word
21 ma but
22 cosa what
23 alcuni some
24 è is
25 quello that
26 voi you (pl)
27 o or
28 aveva had
29 il the
30 di of
31 a to
32 e and
33 un a
34 in in
35 noi we
36 lattina can (of soda)
37 fuori out
38 altro other
39 erano were
40 che / quale which
41 fare to do/make
42 loro their
43 tempo time
44 se if
45 volontà will
46 come how
47 detto said
48 un an
49 ogni each
50 dire tell
51 fa does
52 fisso set (unchanging)
53 tre three
54 desiderare desire
55 aria air
56 bene well
57 anche also
58 giocare play
59 piccolo small
60 fine end
61 mettere put
62 casa home
63 leggere read
64 mano hand
65 portare carry
66 grande large
67 compitare spell (words)
68 aggiungere add
69 anche even/also
70 terra land
71 qui here
72 devo I must
73 grande big
74 alto high/tall
75 tale such
76 seguire follow
77 atto an act
78 perché why
79 chiedere ask
80 maschi men
81 cambiamento a change
82 è andato he/she went
83 luce light
84 tipo kind (of thing)
85 spento turned off
86 bisogno need
87 casa house
88 immagine image
89 provare try
90 noi us
91 di nuovo again
92 animale animal
93 punto point
94 madre mother
95 mondo world
96 vicino near
97 costruire build
98 se stesso himself
99 terra earth
100 padre father
101 qualsiasi any
102 nuovo new
103 lavoro work
104 parte part
105 prendere take
106 ottenere get
107 posto place
108 fatto made
109 vivere live
110 dove where
111 dopo after
112 indietro back
113 poco little
114 solo only
115 turno round
116 uomo man
117 anno year
118 è venuto came
119 spettacolo show
120 ogni every
121 buono good
122 me me
123 dare give
124 il nostro our
125 sotto under
126 nome name
127 molto very
128 attraverso through
129 solo just
130 forma form
131 frase sentence
132 grande great
133 pensare think
134 dire say
135 aiutare help
136 basso low
137 linea line
138 differire differ
139 turno turn
140 causa cause
141 molto much
142 dire mean
143 prima before
144 spostare move
145 diritto right
146 ragazzo boy
147 vecchio old
148 troppo too
149 stesso same
150 lei she
151 tutto all
152 ci there
153 quando when
154 su up
155 uso use
156 il tuo your
157 modo way
158 circa about
159 molti many
160 allora then
161 loro them
162 scrivere write
163 sarebbe would
164 come like
165 così so
166 queste these
167 lei her
168 lungo long
169 rendere make
170 cosa thing
171 vedere see
172 lui him
173 due two
174 ha has
175 guardare look
176 di più more
177 giorno day
178 potuto could
179 andare go
180 venire come
181 ha fatto did
182 numero number
183 suono sound
184 no no
185 più most
186 persone people
187 il mio my
188 oltre over
189 sapere know
190 acqua water
191 di than
192 chiamata call
193 primo first
194 che who
195 può may
196 giù down
197 lato side
198 stato been
199 ora now
200 trovare find
201 testa head
202 stare in piedi stand
203 proprio own
204 pagina page
205 dovrebbe should
206 paese country
207 fondare found
208 risposta answer
209 scuola school
210 crescere grow
211 studio study
212 ancora still
213 imparare learn
214 impianto plant
215 copertura cover
216 cibo food
217 sole sun
218 quattro four
219 fra between
220 stato state
221 mantenere keep
222 occhio eye
223 mai never
224 ultimo last
225 lasciare let
226 pensiero thought
227 città city
228 albero tree
229 attraversare cross
230 fattoria farm
231 difficile hard
232 inizio start
233 forza might
234 storia story
235 sega saw
236 lontano far
237 mare sea
238 disegnare draw
239 sinistra left
240 tardi late
241 run run
242 non don’t
243 mentre while
244 stampa press
245 close close
246 notte night
247 reale real
248 vita life
249 pochi few
250 nord north
251 libro book
252 portare carry
253 ha preso took
254 scienza science
255 mangiare eat
256 camera room
257 amico friend
258 ha iniziato began
259 idea idea
260 pesce fish
261 montagna mountain
262 stop stop
263 una volta once
264 base base
265 sentire hear
266 cavallo horse
267 taglio cut
268 sicuro sure
269 orologio watch
270 colore color
271 volto face
272 legno wood
273 principale main
274 aperto open
275 sembrare seem
276 insieme together
277 prossimo next
278 bianco white
279 bambini children
280 inizio begin
281 ottenuto got
282 camminare walk
283 esempio example
284 alleviare ease
285 carta paper
286 gruppo group
287 sempre always
288 musica music
289 quelli those
290 entrambi both
291 marchio mark
292 spesso often
293 lettera letter
294 fino a quando until
295 miglio mile
296 fiume river
297 auto car
298 piedi feet
299 cura care
300 secondo second
301 abbastanza enough
302 pianura plain
303 ragazza girl
304 solito usual
305 giovane young
306 pronto ready
307 sopra above
308 mai ever
309 rosso red
310 elenco list
311 anche se though
312 sentire feel
313 Discussioni talk
314 uccello bird
315 presto soon
316 corpo body
317 cane dog
318 famiglia family
319 diretto direct
320 posa pose
321 lasciare leave
322 canzone song
323 misurare measure
324 porta door
325 prodotto product
326 nero black
327 breve short
328 numerale numeral
329 classe class
330 vento wind
331 domanda question
332 accadere happen
333 integrale complete
334 nave ship
335 area area
336 metà half
337 rock rock
338 ordine order
339 fuoco fire
340 sud south
341 problema problem
342 pezzo piece
343 ha detto told
344 sapeva knew
345 passare pass
346 da since
347 top top
348 tutto whole
349 re king
350 strada street
351 pollice inch
352 moltiplicare multiply
353 niente nothing
354 corso course
355 soggiornare stay
356 ruota wheel
357 completo full
358 vigore force
359 blu blue
360 oggetto object
361 decidere decide
362 superficie surface
363 profondità deep
364 luna moon
365 isola island
366 piede foot
367 sistema system
368 occupato busy
369 test test
370 record record
371 barca boat
372 comune common
373 oro gold
374 possibile possible
375 piano plane
376 vece stead
377 asciutto dry
378 meraviglia wonder
379 ridere laugh
380 migliaia thousand
381 fa ago
382 corse ran
383 controllare check
384 gioco game
385 forma shape
386 uguagliare equate
387 caldo hot
388 perdere miss
389 portato brought
390 calore heat
391 neve snow
392 pneumatico tire
393 portare bring
394 yes
395 lontano distant
396 riempire fill
397 est east
398 dipingere paint
399 lingua language
400 tra among
401 unità unit
402 potenza power
403 città town
404 fine fine
405 certo certain
406 volare fly
407 cadere fall
408 portare lead
409 grido cry
410 scuro dark
411 macchina machine
412 nota note
413 aspettare wait
414 piano plan
415 figura figure
416 stella star
417 scatola box
418 sostantivo noun
419 campo field
420 resto rest
421 corretto correct
422 in grado di able
423 libbra pound
424 done done
425 bellezza beauty
426 unità drive
427 sorgeva stood
428 contenere contain
429 frontale front
430 insegnare teach
431 settimana week
432 finale final
433 ha dato gave
434 verde green
435 oh oh
436 veloce quick
437 sviluppare develop
438 oceano ocean
439 caldo warm
440 gratuito free
441 minuto minute
442 forte strong
443 speciale special
444 mente mind
445 dietro behind
446 chiaro clear
447 coda tail
448 produrre produce
449 fatto fact
450 spazio space
451 sentito heard
452 migliore best
453 ora hour
454 meglio better
455 vero true
456 durante during
457 cento hundred
458 cinque five
459 ricordare remember
460 passo step
461 presto early
462 tenere hold
463 ovest west
464 terra ground
465 interesse interest
466 raggiungere reach
467 veloce fast
468 verbo verb
469 cantare sing
470 ascoltare listen
471 sei six
472 tavolo table
473 viaggi travel
474 meno less
475 mattina morning
476 dieci ten
477 semplice simple
478 alcuni several
479 vocale vowel
480 verso toward
481 guerra war
482 porre lay
483 contro against
484 modello pattern
485 lento slow
486 centro center
487 amore love
488 persona person
489 soldi money
490 servire serve
491 apparire appear
492 strada road
493 mappa map
494 pioggia rain
495 regola rule
496 governare govern
497 tirare pull
498 freddo cold
499 avviso notice
500 voce voice
501 energia energy
502 caccia hunt
503 probabile probable
504 letto bed
505 fratello brother
506 uovo egg
507 giro ride
508 cella cell
509 credere believe
510 forse perhaps
511 scegliere pick
512 improvviso sudden
513 contare count
514 piazza square
515 motivo reason
516 lunghezza length
517 rappresentare represent
518 arte art
519 soggetto subject
520 regione region
521 dimensione size
522 variare vary
523 risolvere settle
524 parlare speak
525 peso weight
526 generale general
527 ghiaccio ice
528 materia matter
529 cerchio circle
530 coppia pair
531 includere include
532 divide divide
533 sillaba syllable
534 feltro felt
535 grande grand
536 palla ball
537 ancora yet
538 onda wave
539 cadere drop
540 cuore heart
541 am am
542 presente present
543 pesante heavy
544 danza dance
545 motore engine
546 posizione position
547 braccio arm
548 ampio wide
549 vela sail
550 materiale material
551 frazione fraction
552 foresta forest
553 sedersi sit
554 gara race
555 finestra window
556 negozio store
557 estate summer
558 treno train
559 sonno sleep
560 dimostrare prove
561 solitario lone
562 gamba leg
563 esercizio exercise
564 muro wall
565 prendere catch
566 monte mount
567 desiderio wish
568 cielo sky
569 pensione board
570 gioia joy
571 inverno winter
572 sat sat
573 scritto written
574 selvaggio wild
575 strumento instrument
576 tenere kept
577 vetro glass
578 erba grass
579 mucca cow
580 lavoro job
581 bordo edge
582 segno sign
583 visita visit
584 passato past
585 morbido soft
586 divertimento fun
587 luminoso bright
588 gas gas
589 tempo weather
590 mese month
591 milione million
592 sopportare bear
593 finitura finish
594 felice happy
595 speranza hope
596 fiore flower
597 vestire clothe
598 strano strange
599 gone gone
600 commercio trade
601 melodia melody
602 viaggio trip
603 ufficio office
604 ricevere receive
605 fila row
606 bocca mouth
607 esatto exact
608 simbolo symbol
609 morire die
610 meno least
611 difficoltà trouble
612 shout shout
613 tranne except
614 ha scritto wrote
615 seme seed
616 tono tone
617 aderire join
618 suggerire suggest
619 pulito clean
620 pausa break
621 signora lady
622 cantiere yard
623 salire rise
624 male bad
625 colpo blow
626 olio oil
627 sangue blood
628 toccare touch
629 è cresciuto grew
630 cent cent
631 mescolare mix
632 team team
633 filo wire
634 costo cost
635 perso lost
636 marrone brown
637 indossare wear
638 giardino garden
639 pari equal
640 inviato sent
641 scegliere choose
642 caduto fell
643 adattarsi fit
644 flusso flow
645 fiera fair
646 banca bank
647 raccogliere collect
648 salvare save
649 controllo control
650 decimale decimal
651 orecchio ear
652 altro else
653 abbastanza quite
654 rotto broke
655 caso case
656 mezzo middle
657 uccidere kill
658 figlio son
659 lago lake
660 momento moment
661 scala scale
662 forte loud
663 primavera spring
664 osservare observe
665 bambino child
666 dritto straight
667 consonante consonant
668 nazione nation
669 dizionario dictionary
670 latte milk
671 velocità speed
672 metodo method
673 organo organ
674 pagare pay
675 età age
676 sezione section
677 vestito dress
678 nube cloud
679 sorpresa surprise
680 tranquillo quiet
681 pietra stone
682 piccolo tiny
683 salita climb
684 fresco cool
685 design design
686 povero poor
687 lotto lot
688 esperimento experiment
689 fondo bottom
690 chiave key
691 ferro iron
692 singolo single
693 bastone stick
694 appartamento flat
695 venti twenty
696 pelle skin
697 sorriso smile
698 piega crease
699 foro hole
700 salto jump
701 bambino baby
702 otto eight
703 villaggio village
704 si incontrano meet
705 radice root
706 acquistare buy
707 aumentare raise
708 risolvere solve
709 metallo metal
710 se whether
711 spingere push
712 sette seven
713 paragrafo paragraph
714 terzo third
715 deve shall
716 tenuto held
717 capelli hair
718 descrivere describe
719 cuoco cook
720 piano floor
721 o either
722 risultato result
723 bruciare burn
724 collina hill
725 sicuro safe
726 gatto cat
727 secolo century
728 considerare consider
729 tipo type
730 legge law
731 bit bit
732 costa coast
733 copia copy
734 frase phrase
735 silenzioso silent
736 alto tall
737 sabbia sand
738 suolo soil
739 rotolo roll
740 temperatura temperature
741 dito finger
742 industria industry
743 valore value
744 lotta fight
745 bugia lie
746 battere beat
747 eccitare excite
748 naturale natural
749 vista view
750 senso sense
751 capitale capital
752 non sarà won’t
753 sedia chair
754 pericolo danger
755 frutta fruit
756 ricco rich
757 spesso thick
758 soldato soldier
759 processo process
760 operare operate
761 pratica practice
762 separato separate
763 difficile difficult
764 medico doctor
765 per favore please
766 proteggere protect
767 mezzogiorno noon
768 raccolto crop
769 moderno modern
770 elemento element
771 colpire hit
772 studente student
773 angolo corner
774 partito party
775 fornitura supply
776 la cui whose
777 individuare locate
778 anello ring
779 carattere character
780 insetto insect
781 catturato caught
782 periodo period
783 indicare indicate
784 radio radio
785 raggio spoke
786 atomo atom
787 umano human
788 storia history
789 effetto effect
790 elettrico electric
791 aspettare expect
792 osso bone
793 ferrovia rail
794 immaginare imagine
795 fornire provide
796 concordare agree
797 così thus
798 dolce gentle
799 donna woman
800 capitano captain
801 indovinare guess
802 necessario necessary
803 tagliente sharp
804 ala wing
805 creare create
806 prossimo neighbor
807 lavaggio wash
808 pipistrello bat
809 piuttosto rather
810 folla crowd
811 mais corn
812 confrontare compare
813 poesia poem
814 stringa string
815 campana bell
816 dipendere depend
817 carne meat
818 strofinare rub
819 tubo tube
820 famoso famous
921 dollaro dollar
822 ruscello stream
823 paura fear
284 vista sight
825 sottile thin
826 triangolo triangle
827 pianeta planet
828 fretta hurry
829 capo chief
830 colonia colony
831 orologio clock
832 miniera mine
833 cravatta tie
834 inserire enter
835 maggiore major
836 fresco fresh
837 ricerca search
838 inviare send
839 giallo yellow
840 pistola gun
841 consentire allow
842 stampa print
843 morto dead
844 spot spot
845 deserto desert
846 tuta suit
847 corrente current
848 ascensore lift
840 rosa rose
850 arrivare arrive
851 master master
852 pista track
853 genitore parent
854 riva shore
855 divisione division
856 foglio sheet
857 sostanza substance
858 favorire favor
859 collegare connect
860 Messaggio post
861 spendere spend
862 accordo chord
863 grasso fat
864 felice glad
865 originale original
866 quota share
867 stazione station
868 papà dad
869 pane bread
870 carica charge
871 corretto proper
872 bar bar
873 offerta offer
874 segmento segment
875 schiavo slave
876 anatra duck
877 immediato instant
878 mercato market
879 grado degree
880 popolare populate
881 pulcino chick
882 caro dear
883 nemico enemy
884 rispondere reply
885 bevanda drink
886 verificarsi occur
887 supporto support
888 discorso speech
889 natura nature
890 gamma range
891 vapore steam
892 moto motion
893 sentiero path
894 liquido liquid
895 log log
896 significava meant
897 quoziente quotient
898 denti teeth
899 guscio shell
900 collo neck
901 ossigeno oxygen
902 zucchero sugar
903 morte death
904 piuttosto pretty
905 abilità skill
906 donne women
907 stagione season
908 soluzione solution
909 magnete magnet
910 argento silver
911 grazie thank
912 ramo branch
913 partita match
914 suffisso suffix
915 particolarmente especially
916 fico fig
917 impaurito afraid
918 enorme huge
919 sorella sister
920 acciaio steel
921 discutere discuss
922 avanti forward
923 simile similar
924 guidare guide
925 esperienza experience
926 punteggio score (noun)
927 mela apple
928 comprato bought
929 portato led
930 pece pitch
931 cappotto coat
932 massa mass
933 scheda card
934 banda band (rubber)
935 corda rope
936 slittamento slip
937 vittoria win
938 sognare dream
939 sera evening
940 condizione condition
941 alimentazione feed
942 strumento tool
943 totale total
944 di base basic
945 odore smell
946 valle valley
947 nor
948 doppio double
949 sedile seat (in a car)
950 continuare continue
951 blocco a block
952 grafico chart
953 cappello hat
954 vendere sell
955 successo success
956 azienda a company
957 sottrarre subtract
958 evento event
959 particolare particular
960 affare deal
961 nuoto swim
962 termine term
963 opposto opposite
964 moglie wife
965 scarpa shoe
966 spalla shoulder
967 spargere spread
968 organizzare arrange
969 campo a camp
970 inventare invent
971 cotone cotton
972 nascita birth
973 determinare determine
974 quarto di gallone quart
975 nove nine
976 camion truck
977 rumore noise
978 livello level
979 possibilità a chance
980 raccogliere gather
981 negozio a shop
982 tratto stretch (of land)
983 gettare throw
984 brillare shine
985 proprietà property
986 colonna column
987 molecola molecule
988 selezionare select
989 sbagliato wrong
990 grigio gray
991 ripetizione repeat
992 richiedere require
993 ampio broad
994 preparare prepare
995 sale salt
996 naso nose
997 plurale plural
998 rabbia anger
999 richiesta claim
1000 continente continent

1000 most frequently used Italian Words

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When learning a new language the amount of vocabulary can be daunting. Have you heard people say things like: “We only use around 700 words when we talk?” This is true to some degree. The number of words to learn to speak a language really depends on your purpose. Remember that 300 to 600 words may be enough to travel, but at least 1,000 words are necessary for a conversation. The most important thing is not knowing how many words you need to speak a language, but which words to know. Complete fluency is in the 10,000 word range. According to the economist: “Most adult native test-takers range from 20,000–35,000 words. Average native test-takers of age 8 already know 10,000 words. Average native test-takers of age 4 already know 5,000 words. Adult native test-takers learn almost 1 new word a day until middle age”

10,000 words. Wow. That does seem daunting when you are first starting out. But like anything new, you just have to start small and keep adding to it. Why not start smart as well? Below is a list of 100 words that are the most commonly used in the Spanish language.

That’s why we wrote this blog article: Find the 1000 words used most often in spoken Italian below.

Why these 1000 words?Italian vocab

Let’s imagine that you just got a job as a bartender. Would you try to learn every cocktail known to man, or would you focus on the cocktails that are most popular in your area? We developed this list of words based on the idea of the 80/20 principle (the cornerstone of results-based living). This strategy developed by David Kock that says “The 80/20 Principle asserts that a minority of causes, inputs or efforts usually lead to a majority of the results, outputs or rewards” So instead of learning 10,000 words in no particular order, learn the most common 100 words, then the most common 500 words, and then the most common 1000 words. If you want to check out this classic business book, you can order it here.

Some other great ways to improve your vocabulary:

  1. Watch Netflix in Original language with original language captions
  2. Check out a great book like this: 2500 most frequently used Italian words
  3. Do some quick daily exercises on DuoLingo or any other free language learning app
  4. Take some classes with us at Strømmen and speak to a real human in person or online 

Why learn the 1000 most common Italian words?

Are you trying to learn Italian?

The best way to get started is to memorize the 1000 most common Italian words.

Many language experts will point out that focusing on the basic vocabulary in any language is the best investment for your time.

You will rarely use complicated or trivial words in your daily life when speaking with friends, colleagues, or family members.

So why not focus on getting familiar with only the words you know you’ll use?

With the basic words, you can make simple phrases for your first Italian  conversation or your next trip to Italy!

With basic Italian words, you’ll start forming sentences in Italian and ultimately have flowing Italian conversations.

Learn how to form sentences in Italian.

How much can you say with 1,000 words?

How much can you understand with the top 1000 most common Italian words?

A study revealed how much you can understand with 1000, 2000, or 3000 words.

1000 most common italian words

Studying the first 1000 most commonly used Italian words in the language will familiarize you with:

  • 76.0% of all vocabulary in non-fiction literature
  • 79.6% of all vocabulary in fiction literature
  • 87.8% of vocabulary in oral speech

Studying the 2000 most commonly Italian used words will familiarize you with:

  • 84% of vocabulary in non-fiction
  • 86.1% of vocabulary in fictional literature
  • 92.7% of vocabulary in oral speech

And studying the 3000 most commonly Italian used words will familiarize you with:

  • 88.2% of vocabulary in non-fiction
  • 89.6% of vocabulary in fiction
  • 94.0% of vocabulary in oral speech

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If you’re an ambitious language learner, you can certainly learn 3,000 of the most common words for 94% comprehension.

However, for most of us, we want to optimize for what’s the best return for our time.

Based on this study, it seems that 1,000 most common words are the best bet.

The reason is, you have to memorize 3x (or 2,000 more words) to be able to understand only 6.2% of vocabulary in oral speech.

It doesn’t seem very exciting considering how valuable your time is.

In fact, we’ve seen that most Italian learners can get to a comfortable conversation speaking level with less than 1,000 Italian words.

If you listen to Italian music to learn this beautiful language and improve your Italian pronunciation, choose the right Italian songs because some lyrics aren’t exactly what you’d say in real life.

The same applies to Italian idioms, Italian sayings, verbal phrases, Italian proverbs, Italian quotes, or even Italian swear words.

top 1000 most common Italian words

Frequent Italian words: facts and figures

The Italian language is estimated to be made out of a total of 450000 words with the largest Italian dictionary having over 270000 words.

This can seem a really big and frightening number to someone wanting to start learning Italian, but here’s the good news: you only need to know roughly 5% of the total words to be fluent in Italian.

This means that focusing your efforts on learning the most frequent Italian words you will be fluent in Italian in no time.

What’s even more encouraging is that knowing as little as 100 words helps you understand half of the words in an article or book written in Italian.

Learn the most common 1000 words and you get to a 75% understanding of texts in Italian.

Also, each new word you learn helps you guess the Italian meaning of up to 135 words you have never seen before.

This means that knowing only 1000 words helps you guess up to 135000 Italian words.

Doesn’t seem that frightening now, right?

1000 most commonly used Italian words

The problem with lists of common Italian words

Now that you know what you can do with 1000 words in the Italian language, the question is: how to learn these basic Italian words?

Many people make flashcards with word lists.

These word lists are usually generated from a huge multi-billion sample of language called a corpus which ensures all topics and text types are covered and the word list reflects how words are used by real users.

On the internet, you can find quite a few lists of the most 1000 common Italian words like this, this, and this.

Some of these lists of 100, 500, 1000, and 2000 basic Italian words are available for free in PDF or CSV format.

However, many are not very useful because they include “function words” like “for, but, when”.

For example, here are the top 50 words from one of those lists:

non che di e la il un a è per in una sono mi ho si lo ma ti ha le cosa con i no da se come io ci questo qui hai bene sei tu del me mio al solo sì tutto te più della era c lei gli

Does that help? No.

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Even though these words are frequent and useful, they don’t make any sense per se and need a context to be practiced and mastered.

Another reason for not using them is how different forms of the same word are counted.

Some wordlists are not lemmatized.

This means that different forms of the same words are not counted together, i.e. goes, went, gone, going and go. This is generally more practical.

Ironically, one of the largest lists of Italian words is made from movie subtitles, which are often a translation of foreign movie scripts. Often, they’re not even professionally translated.

So, they don’t reflect the way an Italian speaker really talk.

In other words, the top 1000 Italian words are not the same for everyone.

The 1000 most used Italian words depend on who uses them, and on their purpose.

Do you want to chat with friends with natural Italian phrases? Travel? Or watch the news in Italian? These situations require a different vocabulary.

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The best list of common Italian words

This is what you were looking for: the best list of common Italian words.

The smartest word list for the Italian language I’ve found so far is this.

It’s divided into:

  • Italian nouns
  • Italian adjectives
  • Italian verbs
  • Italian function words like and adverbs, prepositions, articles

Judging from the words, I guess they were taken from newspaper articles.

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However, this list lacks a translation.

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Top 1000 common Italian words with English translation

The list of common Italian words I recommend doesn’t come with an English translation, so I translated the words for you.

Open the spreadsheet below to see the list of the top 1000 most frequent Italian words with English translation:

  1. Italian nouns make the longest list
  2. Then come Italian adjectives with translation
  3. Italian verbs with English translation in the infinitive form
  4. Other Italian words include adverbs, prepositions, and adjectives

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What are the most common words used in Italian?

Let’s start with some of the most common Italian words used in this popular language:

cosa
thing
giorno
day
anno
year
uomo
man
donna
woman
volta (as in “many times”)
time
casa
home
vita
life
tempo
time and weather
mano
hand
ora
now
paese
country, town
momento
moment
parola
word
famiglia
family
padre
father
madre
mother
figlio, figlia
son, daughter
amico
friend
lavoro
work
strada
street
nome
name
acqua
water
gente
people
persona
person
amore
love
mare
sea

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What are the 100 most common words in Italian?

Even from a list of 1000 words, it still makes sense to start memorizing the 100 most common Italian words.
That’s your foundation to start forming an Italian phrase and ultimately have flowing conversations.
Indeed, you will rarely use complicated words in your daily conversations with friends, colleagues, or family members.
You find the 100 most common Italian words on the top of the list.
Once you’re done with them, you can move on to the other 900 words.
While apps like Quizlet and Anki are popular choices, I still recommend learning these words by putting them in context, for example in conversations with native speakers.

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What is the most popular Italian word?

You only need to look at the top of this list of the 1000 most used Italian words.
According to the list above, the most popular Italian word is a noun: cosa.
The word cosa in Italian gets so many colours and flavours according to the context.
Let’s see a few examples:

E’ la cosa piu’ bella che abbia mai visto.
It’s the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

In this sentence, cosa doesn’t get any specific meaning besides the generic ”thing” we’re referring to.
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Cosa mangiamo stasera?
What do we eat tonight?

In this sentence cosa is actually used to refer to something which, in this specific context, can be replaced with “food”.
We give for granted that we’re talking of food because of the type of question we do.
This would already be enough to make it to the top 1000.

Ti ricordi quella cosa che avevi visto tempo fa? L’ho vista anch’io ora!
Do you remember that thing you saw a while ago? I’ve just seen it now!

Again, the use of cosa, in this context, is referred to as a generic “thing” that could be potentially anything (A star? A spoon? A mouse? A spaceship? A waterfall?).
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In this 3rd example, is that we use cosa in the same way you’d say “thingy” when you don’t remember the actual name of an object.
“Cosa” is a noun, thus you will need to remember, in this specific 3rd scenario, to also decline it according to what are you referring to/pointing at.
If you’re referring to a piatto (male noun meaning plate, dish) then you should say coso if you’re referring to it.
If you’re referring to some specific breed of conigli (means “rabbits”) then you will need to use the plural form of the noun which would be cosi (sounds a little bit rude).
With so many uses, it’s no wonder that it ranks #1 among the top 1000 most common Italian words in the Italian language.

Learn more about other meanings of the word cosa in Italian.

The most popular Italian word

We just told you the most popular word is cosa. However, deciding which is the most popular Italian word is not so simple.
Here’s another very common Italian word: ciao.
Ciao means hello and is pronounced as “chaw” since it’s a word Italians use every day.
It is mainly used in informal contexts. You can say ciao to friends and family members.
Ciao comes from the Venetian dialect (spoken in the Northeast of Italy), more specifically from the phrase s-ciào vostro, literally meaning “I am your slave”.
In the 17th century, this expression was used by servants when addressing their employers.
Often, s-ciào vostro was shortened to simply s-ciào and then to ciào.
With time, this word lost all its servile connotations and started to be used as an informal greeting (instead of Buongiorno, Buona Sera or Buona Notte).

Read more about the most popular Italian word.

The verb mangiare in Italian

This is probably the most important Italian verb you need to know if you’re planning to go to Italy!
It is well known all around the world that the boot-shaped peninsula has a huge eating culture.
Mangiare is a regular verb of the first conjugation and follows the typical –are pattern:
Io mangio= I eat
Tu mangi= you eat
Lui/Lei mangia= He/she eats
Noi mangiamo= we eat
Voi mangiate= you (plural) eat
Loro mangiano= they eat
Here’s a list of all the Italian meals you will find yourself invited to by your Italian friends:

colazione
breakfast
spuntino
light meal, nibble
pranzo
lunch
merenda
snack
aperitivo
aperitif
cena
dinner
spuntino di mezzanotte
midnight snack

Just so you know, it is incorrect to use mangiare followed by the meals we just described above, so we DO NOT SAY: mangiare colazione, pranzo, etc.
Instead, for colazione, spuntino, merenda, and aperitivo, we use the word fare (to do):

fare colazione
to have breakfast
fare uno spuntino
to have a nibble
fare merenda
to have a snack
fare l’aperitivo
to have an aperitif

To talk about lunch (pranzo) and dinner (cena), we actually use these verbs:

pranzare
to have lunch
cenare
to have dinner

Learn more about the verb mangiare and other Italian food phrases.

Are flashcards useful to learn common Italian words?

Now that we’ve shown you the benefits of focusing on the common words, let’s go over the methods to memorize them.
Casual learners love making flashcards, either on paper, on websites, or apps like Anki, Memrise, and Quizlet.
Anki is a digital flashcard creator that’s fairly popular in the language learning community.
You can use it to create your flashcards and its function goes beyond language learning.
The user interface is not the most modern, but it gets the job done.
Plus, you can use your phone, desktop, or tablet to learn basic Italian words.
Memrise has a more friendly user interface for creating and reading digital flashcards.
Our favorite part about Memrise is the ability to leverage the other digital flashcards that other community members have created.
For learning Italian, you’ll find several flashcard collections you can choose from.
Here’s an example of how to go through flashcards with Quizlet:

Does that help? Maybe, but it has some serious limits.

The problem with flashcards of common words

Now that you’re about to rush to download an app to memorize the top 1000 Italian words, I’ll spoil the fun.
This point is going to upset a lot of people.
Even though flashcard apps are the hottest thing in language learning right now, I’ll tell you to stop using them.
Stop using flashcards. Stop learning vocabulary from list of terms, or decks, or programs. Stop.
It doesn’t work, it’s a waste of time, and it’s creating bad patterns in your brain.
Even if your goal is to memorize these 1000 words, it won’t help you.
It could be Italian numbers, common Italian phrases, anything.
Learning anything (words, phrases, ideas, whatever) against its translation is creating extra steps in your brain.
It’s making you slow. It makes you think slowly, hear slowly, speak slowly.
I have a feeling that many of you reading this have experienced this frustration. I have experienced it, and it’s horrible.
There are few things as frustrating as knowing that you know what something means, but not being able to understand it when you see or hear it.

But the problem is that learning incorrectly is creating a maze that your brain has to run through as it processes every word.

You don’t do that to yourself in English (or whatever your native language), so why are you doing that with a foreign language?
Even if you take nootropics for studying languages to boost brain power, you can still get better results with other methods.
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Put words in context

Apps such as Anki, Memrise, and Quizlet focus on traditional single-word flashcard study.
For example, a student of Italian may have a set of flashcards for studying the days of the week, with the basic Italian word on one side and the English translation on the other side.
In contrast, well-designed language courses focus on studying vocabulary in context by prompting the user to fill in the missing word in a sentence or repeating whole sentences.
With context-based flashcards, you’ll learn the meaning of the word, the appropriate situations to use the word, and you’ll also have the chance to learn related vocabulary at the same time.
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When presented with vocabulary in rich contexts provided by authentic texts instead of in isolated vocabulary drills, students become more actively engaged in using words, analyzing word meanings, and creating relationships between words.
That’s also the case of the top 1000 Italian words.
This helps develop skills and strategies that will allow them to more easily determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
A growing number of people have realized that studying in context provides a faster, more enjoyable, and more effective method for studying a large amount of vocabulary.
If you’re currently using a single-word study app and are looking for a better way to learn, here’s the best learning resource for the Italian language.
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How to put words in context

One of the great things about learning a foreign language is that you can be creative. You need creativity and motivation to develop your language skills.
This is why, when it comes to vocabulary, one of the best tools you have to memorize new words and grasp their meanings is your own brain.
You could start with the easiest words.
Choose five to ten words that you like and invent a story, a tongue twister, a song, or a poem.
Something that makes sense or that makes you laugh.
You can repeat it and show it to your friends.
Your brain will remember those words in context and that’s your aim.
You could then move onto the next level and choose five to ten words that you find hard to remember.
If what you find difficult is the correct pronunciation, you could invent a tongue twister for each word and repeat it.
You could then invent Italian  stories with those words.
These are just ideas.
You can find your own way to be creative.
The important thing is that you use the vocabulary in context.
The most common Italian words

Group words into sentences, not categories

These words will form the foundation of your Italian vocabulary.
They’re some of the most frequent words you will encounter, and they’re all easy to learn.
Because these words are grouped together into sentences, they will be much easier to memorize when compared with the typical word lists that you find in language textbooks and classrooms, where you learn colors one day, types of vegetables the next day, members of the family the following day, etc.
Learning entire categories of words is a waste of time because you don’t need all those words and many compete with each other for your memory. After all, they’re similar.

Learn more about Italian vocabulary.

Common Italian phrases

How to use these words in real phrases?
Check out this list of common Italian phrases sorted by context:

  • Travel information
  • Restaurants
  • Hotels
  • Making plans
  • Attractions
  • Food & drink
  • Polite expressions
  • Culture

Every phrase comes with its English translation.
If you want to practice those words and phrases and not just read them, I recommend audio lessons based on spaced repetition.

The best way to put words in practice: Ripeti con me!

You don’t have to give up on learning the top 1000 Italian words. You only need a good method!
The best way to acquire words and phrases naturally without relying on translation is with a well-designed set of sentences from conversations in the right order.
A focus on audio over text also helps bypass reading habits based on your native language.
This also makes it possible to learn Italian in the car.
The Italian audio course “Ripeti con me!” covers the 1000 most common Italian words in a set of sentences grouped by grammar patterns.
Those patterns are acquired almost unconsciously, while the very act of speaking bypassing translation will get you to think in Italian.
What’s more, since these are audio lessons, you’ll learn the new words with pronunciation.
This course provides plenty of comprehensible input balanced by variety and relevance, in small daily doses (spaced repetition).

Learn more about Ripeti Con Me.verbal phrases

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Thanks to AI technology, machines can now learn any language on earth.

By examining texts from various languages, computers can develop algorithms to immediately translate phrases from one language to another.

It would be nice if learning Italian were that easy.

Unfortunately, for us plain humans, picking up a language still takes a little elbow grease. Nonetheless, what many people don’t realize is how quickly you can begin using that language.

Italian included.

By learning as few as around 50 common Italian words, you can begin creating sentences and speaking Italian.

Below are 53 words that include nouns, adjectives, pronouns and the conjugations of essere, the Italian verb “to be.” These common words were chosen to allow you to build simple, yet common sentences and begin communicating in Italian immediately.

They cover all the basic parts of a sentence, allowing you to get across thousands of different ideas. Plus, they come with simple sample sentences to help you practice.

Let’s get started!

Contents

  • The 53 Most Common Words in Italian Every Beginner Should Know
    • Italian Articles
    • Common Italian Nouns
    • Common Italian Pronouns
      • Italian Personal Pronouns
      • Italian Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives
    • The Most Common Italian Verb
    • Common Italian Adjectives


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The 53 Most Common Words in Italian Every Beginner Should Know

As you go through our list of common words, pay close attention to the example sentences. These sentences were purposefully kept very simple.

In fact, we tried to use (almost) only the words defined within this post in the examples. This way, even beginners can start using them to have basic conversations by the time you finish reviewing this post!

Italian Articles

Perhaps the most commonly used words are also the shortest and most unassuming. Articles in Italian are paired with nouns, and match the nouns in gender and number.

For example, because bagno (bathroom) is masculine, it takes the masculine il (the) and un (a). Masculine nouns most often end with the letter “o.”

Feminine nouns, such as camicia (shirt), take the feminine la (the) and una (a). Feminine words most often end with the letter “a.”

Some words end in neither “o” nor “a,” and their gender must be memorized (such as caffè, which is masculine).

Generally, the article for a noun, as well as how the noun ends, changes when it becomes plural. Masculine nouns that start with a consonant other than “s” or “z” take i for “the.” Feminine nouns use le. Masculine plural nouns often end in i, while plural feminine nouns end with e.

Here are all the Italian articles:

1. il / l’ / lo — the (masculine, singular)

2. la — the (feminine, singular)

3. i / gli — the (masculine, plural)

4. le — the (feminine, plural)

5. un — a (masculine)

6. una — a (feminine)

We’ve skipped the examples for these because there will be plenty as we move on with our list of common Italian words. Let’s go!

Master tip #1: Why are there a few versions for the masculine singular and plural articles? It depends on what letter the next word begins with. It’s a good idea to become familiar with Italian articles and their oddities as soon as possible, because you’ll be seeing them a lot in your studies!

Common Italian Nouns

A noun is a person, place, thing or idea and a good supply of nouns can help you talk about an ever-growing collection of topics.

7. la madre — the mother

Mia madre è alta. — My mother is tall.

8. il padre — the father

Tuo padre è basso. — Your father is short.

9. il marito — the husband

Mio marito è triste. — My husband is sad.

10. la moglie — the wife

Mia moglie è felice. — My wife is happy.

11. il figlio — the son

Nostro figlio è basso. — Our son is short.

12. la figlia — the daughter

Sua figlia è alta. — His daughter is tall.

13. la cucina — the kitchen

La cucina è sporca. — The kitchen is dirty.

14. il bagno — the bathroom

Il bagno è pulito. — The bathroom is clean.

15. la donna — the woman

Quella donna è carina. — That woman is pretty.

16. l’uomo — the man

Quell’uomo è brutto. — That man is ugly.

17. il bambino — the kid

Il bambino è basso. — The kid is short.

18. il caffè — the coffee

Il caffè è caldo. — The coffee is hot.

19. la birra — the beer

La birra è fredda. — The beer is cold.

20. la settimana — the week

Questa settimana è lunga. — This week is long.

21. l’anno — the year

L’anno è breve. — The year is short.

22. la scarpa — the shoe

La sua scarpa è sporca. — Her shoe is dirty.

23. la camicia — the shirt

La sua camicia è bella. — Her shirt is pretty.

24. i calzini — the socks

I suoi calzini sono puliti. — His socks are clean.

Master tip #2: You can always add to this list of nouns or double-check the articles used with them by consulting an online English-Italian dictionary, such as LexiLogos.

Common Italian Pronouns

There are a number of different kinds of pronouns, but a good place to start is by learning the personal pronouns.

Italian Personal Pronouns

These pronouns are used to replace nouns and names, and will enable you to make simple statements about yourself and other people without being repetitive.

25. io — I

Io sono felice. — I am happy.

26. tu / Lei — you / you (formal)

Tu sei triste. — You are sad.

27. lui — he

Lui è alto. — He is tall.

28. lei — she

Lei è bassa. — She is short.

29. noi — we

Noi abbiamo freddo. — We are cold.

30. voi — you (plural)

Voi avete caldo. — You are hot.

31. loro — they

Loro sono belli. — They are pretty.

Master tip #3: Need some help remembering these? Pair your learning with a language learning app like FluentU.

On FluentU, you can hear all these words (and many more) in use by native Italian speakers, so you can get a good sense of how and when each word is used. Plus, you can save any word to your vocabulary list for later review through fill-in-the-blank quizzes and video-enhanced flashcards.

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It’s a natural (and fun!) way to learn new Italian words!

In addition, FluentU Italian also has a YouTube channel.

The channel has been created to teach you Italian from scratch in an immersive way. You’ll get clips from movies transformed into language lessons, grammar tips and vocabulary lists, among other interesting stuff.

One example is the following video, catered to complete beginners who are just starting their Italian language adventure:

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Italian Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives

Possessive pronouns and adjectives let you talk about ownership (my/mine, your/yours, etc.). The basic difference between a possessive pronoun and a possessive adjective is whether there’s a noun following it.

For example, this sentence shows a possessive adjective because the word mio is modifying the word caffè:

Il mio caffè è caldo. — My coffee is hot.

This sentence, on the other hand, shows a possessive pronoun because mio replaces the word caffè, which is now only implied:

Il mio è caldo. — Mine is hot.

As you’ve probably already noticed from the examples above, the definite article (aka “the”) is required to form the possessive: il, la, i or le. The noun that follows or is being replaced determines which article to use, and the form the possessive pronoun or adjective takes.

All possessives must agree in number, as well as gender. For example, if you’re talking about your bathroom, you might say: il mio bagno, but if you’re describing both bathrooms in your house, it would be i miei bagni.

One final plot twist: One of the few exceptions in which an article isn’t needed with possessives is nouns of family members. Hence, it’s Tuo padre è basso (Your father is short) instead of Il tuo padre è basso. 

Learning the following words will help you reference ownership and expand the complexity of your sentences quite a bit!

32. il mio / la mia / i miei / le mie — my/mine

Il mio caffè è caldo. — My coffee is hot. (adjective)

Il mio è caldo. — Mine is hot. (pronoun)

33. il tuo / la tua / i tuoi / le tue — your/yours

La tua birra è fredda. — Your beer is cold. (adjective)

La tua è fredda. — Yours is cold. (pronoun)

34. il suo / la sua / i suoi / le sue — his, her/his, hers. Your/yours (formal)

La sua cucina è pulita. — Her kitchen is clean. (adjective)

La sua è pulita. — Hers is clean. (pronoun)

35. il nostro / la nostra / i nostri / le nostre — ours

La nostre camicie sono brutte. — Our shirts are ugly. (adjective)

Le nostre sono brutte. — Ours are ugly. (pronoun)

36. il vostro / la vostra / i vostri / le vostre — your/yours (plural)

Le vostre figlie sono belle. — Your daughters are pretty.

Le vostre sono belle. — Yours are pretty.

37. il loro / la loro / i loro / le loro — their/theirs

Le loro scarpe sono sporche. — Their shoes are dirty. (adjective)

Le loro sono sporche. — Theirs are dirty. (pronoun)

Master tip #4: Once you master these, you can move on to other types of Italian pronouns. From there, there’s a whole world of pronouns to be discovered, from subject pronouns to direct object pronouns and beyond!

Correctly using pronouns in any language can really help you sound more natural, so it’s worth spending some time on mastering them.

The Most Common Italian Verb

The most important verb you can learn in Italian is essere (to be). As you might have noticed from the example sentences in this post, this little word can take you a long way!

38. io sono — I am

Io sono basso. — I am short.

39. tu sei — you are

Tu sei bella. — You are pretty.

40. lui / lei è — he/she/it is

Lui è alto. — He is tall.

41. noi siamo — we are

Noi siamo tristi. — We are sad.

42. voi siete — you are (plural)

Voi siete felici. — You are happy.

43. loro sono — they are

Loro sono tristi. — They are sad.

Master tip #5: Once you master this key Italian verb, you can move on to learn other important Italian verbs, as well as start learning how to correctly conjugate them in different tenses.

Common Italian Adjectives

Adjectives describe whatever you’re talking about and are an easy way to further bump up the complexity of your sentences.

Keep in mind that, like possessive pronouns, adjectives must also agree in number and gender. For example: Il bambino è alto (The child is tall) vs. I Bambini sono alti (The children are tall).

Also remember that, unlike in English, in Italian the adjective often follows the noun it’s describing instead of preceding it. For example: Il bambino alto è felice (The tall child is happy).

44. contento — happy

Il figlio è contento. — The son is happy.

45. triste — sad

La moglie è triste. — The wife is sad.

46. alto — tall

Il bambino è alto. — The child is tall.

47. basso — short

L’uomo è basso. — The man is short.

48. pulito — clean

La cucina è pulita. — The kitchen is clean.

49. sporco — dirty

Il bagno è sporco. — The bathroom is dirty.

50. caldo — hot

Il caffè è caldo. — The coffee is hot.

51. freddo — cold

Il caffè è freddo. — The coffee is cold.

52. brutto — ugly

Il padre è brutto. — The father is ugly.

53. bello — pretty

La mamma è bella. — The mother is pretty.

Master tip #6: Find a language exchange buddy to practice forming sentences with. You can use sites such as Italki to find a partner to practice speaking Italian with. Knowing someone else who’s learning the language (or is a native Italian speaker learning your native language) is a great way to stay motivated, while making new friends at the same time.

While there are no shortcuts to becoming fluent in a language, don’t make the mistake of waiting until you’ve memorized 1,000 words to start communicating in Italian. Instead, fast track your progress and become an Italian speaker in just a few days by learning—and using—these 53 common Italian words.

These basics are the building blocks to a lifetime of conversation in Italian!

This list of the 1000 most common Italian words was generated using our linguistics software that analyzed a large corpus of Italian texts. Our software was programmed to identify and count the frequency of individual words and then rank them according to their frequency.

Our software used a process called lemmatization, which involves reducing each word to its base form (the lemma) and eliminating variations such as inflections and conjugations. This allowed the software to recognize different forms of the same word as the same entry in the list, which prevented duplication and ensured the accuracy of the ranking.

The software also took into account the part of speech of each word (such as noun, verb, adjective, etc.) to provide additional information on the characteristics of the most common Italian words. This feature allowed us to analyze the distribution of different word types and identify trends in Italian language usage.

Overall, the methodology used to create the list of the 1000 most common Italian words was rigorous and multi-step, involving both automated and manual processes. The result is a helpful resource that can be used for a variety of purposes, from language learning to natural language processing and beyond.

  • il

    [article]

    (the)

    The Italian definite articles agree in gender and number with the noun they define. This Italian article is used with nouns which are masculine and singular. If the noun starts with a vowel, “il” becomes the letter ‘l’ followed by an apostrophe: «l’».

  • essere

    [verb]

    (to be)

    This common Italian word is often used as an “auxiliary” verb. With this function, it is connected with the main verb, and together they create different verb tenses.

  • di

    [preposition]

    (of)

  • uno

    [article]

    (a)

  • e

    [conjunction]

    (and)

    It is grammatically correct to add the suffix “d” to this Italian conjunction when the word that follows starts with the letter “e”. See here to learn more about Italian conjunctions.

  • in

    [preposition]

    (in)

  • a

    [preposition]

    (a, at, in, to, by, on)

  • avere

    [verb]

    (to have)

  • per

    [preposition]

    (for)

  • non

    [adverb]

    (not)

  • si

    [pronoun]

    (itself, herself, himself)

  • ma

    [conjunction]

    (but)

  • da

    [preposition]

    (from)

  • con

    [preposition]

    (with)

  • lo

    [pronoun]

    (him, it)

  • anche

    [adverb]

    (also)

  • questo

    [determiner]

    (this)

  • tutto

    [pronoun]

    (everything)

  • fare

    [verb]

    (to do)

  • che

    [pronoun]

    (that, who, which)

  • ci

    [pronoun]

    (us, it)

  • come

    [preposition]

    (as, like)

  • più

    [adverb]

    (more)

  • due

    [numeral]

    (two)

  • ora

    [adverb]

    (now)

  • solo

    [adverb]

    (alone)

    This Italian word can have two meanings: “alone” and “only”. While in the first case, it is usually placed at the end of the sentence, in the second case it is found between the verb and the object.

  • ancora

    [adverb]

    (still)

    This Italian word means “still”. However, when pronounced with more emphasis on the “o” it means “anchor”. See here for more on Italian pronunciation and homographs.

  • suo

    [determiner]

    (his)

  • poi

    [adverb]

    (then)

  • cosa

    [pronoun]

    (what)

  • molto

    [adverb]

    (very much)

    A synonym of this Italian word is “tanto”. They are used interchangeably, but “tanto” is preferred when referring to numerical quantities.

  • nuovo

    [adjective]

    (new)

  • altro

    [adjective]

    (another)

  • su

    [preposition]

    (on)

  • potere

    [verb]

    (can, be able to)

    This Italian word can be both a verb and a noun. As a verb it means “to be able to”, and as a noun it means “power”. Although they have different meanings, their connotations are very similar.

  • primo

    [adjective]

    (first)

  • oggi

    [adverb]

    (today)

  • così

    [adverb]

    (so, like this)

  • andare

    [verb]

    (to go)

  • dovere

    [verb]

    (to have to, must)

  • mi

    [pronoun]

    (me)

  • anno

    [noun]

    (year)

  • venire

    [verb]

    (to come)

  • grande

    [adjective]

    (big)

  • tempo

    [noun]

    (time)

  • dire

    [verb]

    (to say)

  • arrivare

    [verb]

    (to arrive)

  • senza

    [preposition]

    (without)

  • nessuno

    [determiner]

    (nobody)

    While in English there is a distinction in usage between “somebody”, “nobody” and “anybody”, in Italian there is only one word for the three of them: “nessuno”.

  • lavoro

    [noun]

    (work)

  • tra

    [preposition]

    (between)

    Identical to “fra”, these two Italian prepositions are used interchangeably. Their difference depends completely on the word that follows them. If the following word starts with “tr-” one would use the preposition “fra”, and if the following word starts with “fr-” one would use the preposition “tra”.

  • o

    [conjunction]

    (or)

  • sempre

    [adverb]

    (always)

  • giorno

    [noun]

    (day)

  • problema

    [noun]

    (problem)

  • volere

    [verb]

    (to want)

    This Italian irregular verb belongs to the group of verbs ending in -ere. It is one of the most common Italian verbs, and it is also used in a very common Italian proverb: “volere è potere”, which means “where there is a will, there is a way”.

  • poco

    [adverb]

    (little)

  • dopo

    [preposition]

    (after)

  • italiano

    [adjective]

    (Italian)

    An interesting difference between Italian and English when it comes to the nationality adjectives is that while in English these are always capitalized, in Italian they are not.

  • perché

    [conjunction]

    (why)

    While English has both the words “why” and “because” depending on the sentence form, in Italian there is only one conjunction for both affirmative and question sentences.

  • bene

    [adverb]

    (well)

  • stare

    [verb]

    (to stay)

  • contro

    [preposition]

    (against)

  • già

    [adverb]

    (already)

    Besides meaning “already”, this Italian word can also mean “indeed”, or “yeah”. When used in that way, this word serves to intensify what is being said.

  • invece

    [adverb]

    (instead)

  • qui

    [adverb]

    (here)

  • Roma

    [proper noun]

    (Rome)

  • quindi

    [adverb]

    (so)

  • parlare

    [verb]

    (to speak)

    This common Italian verb resembles the French verb “parler”. For more similar words between these languages, see this comparison of Italian vs French.

  • ne

    [pronoun]

  • tre

    [numeral]

    (three)

  • parte

    [noun]

    (part)

  • euro

    [noun]

    (euro)

  • casa

    [noun]

    (house, home)

    This common Italian word can mean both “house” and “home”. The only way to refer to a “home” rather than a “house” is by adding a possessive adjective: “casa mia”.

  • quello

    [pronoun]

    (that)

  • punto

    [noun]

    (point)

  • presidente

    [noun]

    (president)

  • governo

    [noun]

    (government)

  • tornare

    [verb]

    (to return)

  • via

    [noun]

    (street)

    In addition to being a noun, this Italian word can also work as an adverb. In this case, it means “away” and it is used to form a common goodbye phrase: “vado via”.

  • restare

    [verb]

    (to remain)

  • sembrare

    [verb]

    (to seem)

  • secondo

    [adjective]

    (second)

  • squadra

    [noun]

    (team)

  • caso

    [noun]

    (coincidence, instance)

    This Italian word can have very different meanings, such as “coincidence” and “instance”. It is also frequently used in the phrase “in questo caso”, which means “in this case”.

  • vedere

    [verb]

    (to see)

  • stesso

    [adjective]

    (same)

  • Italia

    [proper noun]

    (Italy)

  • quale

    [pronoun]

    (which)

  • tanto

    [determiner]

    (so much)

  • risultato

    [noun]

    (result)

  • mai

    [adverb]

    (never)

  • insomma

    [adverb]

    (in short)

    This interesting Italian word is found in different circumstances, and it mostly means “in short”, “all in all”, “so”. In spoken Italian, it is used to indicate that something is so-so. For example, it is a common answer to the question “how are you?

  • però

    [adverb]

    (but)

    A synonym of this Italian word is “ma”. Interestingly, children often use them consecutively in the same sentence, which is grammatically incorrect. See here for a list of common Italian mistakes.

  • niente

    [pronoun]

    (nothing)

  • mercato

    [noun]

    (market)

  • comunque

    [adverb]

    (anyhow, anyway)

  • continuare

    [verb]

    (to continue)

  • situazione

    [noun]

    (situation)

  • dunque

    [adverb]

    (so, therfore)

  • nostro

    [determiner]

    (our)

  • finire

    [verb]

    (to finish)

  • diverso

    [adjective]

    (different)

  • loro

    [determiner]

    (their)

  • vero

    [adjective]

    (true)

  • parola

    [noun]

    (word)

  • fine

    [noun]

    (end)

  • momento

    [noun]

    (moment)

  • rimanere

    [verb]

    (to stay)

  • forse

    [adverb]

    (perhaps)

  • proprio

    [adverb]

    (exactly, precisely)

  • buono

    [adjective]

    (good)

  • storia

    [noun]

    (history)

  • cambiare

    [verb]

    (to exchange)

  • partita

    [noun]

    (match)

  • calcio

    [noun]

    (soccer, kick, calcium)

    This Italian word means both “soccer” and “calcium”. The context will suggest which one of the two is being used.

  • mio

    [pronoun]

    (my)

  • riferire

    [verb]

    (to report, to tell)

  • chi

    [pronoun]

    (who)

  • adesso

    [adverb]

    (now)

  • uomo

    [noun]

    (man)

  • notizia

    [noun]

    (news)

  • persona

    [noun]

    (person)

  • annunciare

    [verb]

    (to announce)

  • troppo

    [adverb]

    (too much)

  • prossimo

    [adjective]

    (next)

  • io

    [pronoun]

    (I)

    Just like all the Italian personal pronouns, this pronoun is oftentimes implied, since the subject can be inferred from the verb form. Interestingly, it is still among the most common Italian words.

  • donna

    [noun]

    (woman)

  • dare

    [verb]

    (to give)

  • prevedere

    [verb]

    (to foresee)

  • città

    [noun]

    (city)

  • mondo

    [noun]

    (world)

  • posto

    [noun]

    (place)

  • futuro

    [noun]

    (the future)

  • vita

    [noun]

    (life)

  • giovane

    [noun]

    (young person)

  • trovare

    [verb]

    (to find)

  • vincere

    [verb]

    (to win)

  • bello

    [adjective]

    (nice)

  • davvero

    [adverb]

    (really)

  • ecco

    [adverb]

    (here, there)

    This colloquial Italian word does not have an English equivalent. It is often used to emphasize something, in addition to appearing in several common Italian phrases, such as “ecco a te!”(“here you go!”), and “ecco fatto!” (“done!”).

  • perdere

    [verb]

    (to lose)

  • chiedere

    [verb]

    (to ask)

  • pubblico

    [adjective]

    (public)

  • strada

    [noun]

    (street)

  • polizia

    [noun]

    (police)

  • domani

    [adverb]

    (tomorrow)

  • campo

    [noun]

    (field)

  • ultimo

    [adjective]

    (last)

  • gruppo

    [noun]

    (group)

  • milione

    [numeral]

    (million)

  • chiudere

    [verb]

    (to close)

  • pensare

    [verb]

    (to think)

  • qualche

    [determiner]

    (some, a few, any)

  • allora

    [adverb]

    (so)

  • gara

    [noun]

    (competition)

  • finale

    [noun]

    (final)

  • politico

    [adjective]

    (political)

  • consiglio

    [noun]

    (advice)

  • centro

    [noun]

    (center)

  • diventare

    [verb]

    (to become)

  • se

    [conjunction]

    (if)

  • ogni

    [determiner]

    (every)

  • quanto

    [pronoun]

    (how much, how many)

    This Italian word can have different endings (-o, -a, -e, -i) since it must agree in gender and number with the term it refers to. This Italian pronoun is used for both countable and uncountable nouns.

  • mese

    [noun]

    (month)

  • ieri

    [adverb]

    (yesterday)

  • intanto

    [adverb]

    (in the meantime)

  • trattare

    [verb]

    (to deal with)

  • gol

    [noun]

    (goal)

  • noi

    [pronoun]

    (we)

  • società

    [noun]

    (society)

  • Milano

    [proper noun]

    (Milan)

  • passare

    [verb]

    (to pass)

  • sotto

    [preposition]

    (under)

  • questione

    [noun]

    (question)

  • giornata

    [noun]

    (day)

  • ministro

    [noun]

    (minister)

  • quattro

    [numeral]

    (four)

  • prendere

    [verb]

    (to take)

    This Italian verb is similar to the French verb “prendre”.

  • volta

    [noun]

    (time)

  • carabiniere

    [noun]

    (carabiniere)

    This word refers to the Italian military force. Its origins date back to the Kingdom of Sardinia times. After the Italian unification, it was decided to keep it.

  • gioco

    [noun]

    (game)

  • prima

    [adverb]

    (before)

  • cominciare

    [verb]

    (to start)

  • soprattutto

    [adverb]

    (especially, above all)

  • famiglia

    [noun]

    (family)

    This noun contains one of the most peculiar Italian phonetic features: “gli”. This tricky soft sound is found in many other Italian words, such as “figli”, “coniglio”, or even the masculine plural definite article “gli”.

  • progetto

    [noun]

    (project)

  • no

    [adverb]

    (no)

  • numero

    [noun]

    (number)

  • settimana

    [noun]

    (week)

    This basic Italian word is similar to the corresponding Romanian word, “săptămână”. For more similar words between these languages, see this comparison of Romanian vs Italian.

  • risposta

    [noun]

    (reply)

  • meglio

    [adverb]

    (better)

  • scuola

    [noun]

    (school)

  • lui

    [pronoun]

    (he)

  • importante

    [adjective]

    (important)

  • subito

    [adverb]

    (immediately)

  • prezzo

    [noun]

    (price)

  • difficile

    [adjective]

    (hard)

  • nulla

    [pronoun]

    (nothing)

  • paese

    [noun]

    (country)

  • comune

    [noun]

    (city hall, town hall)

  • programma

    [noun]

    (program)

  • quasi

    [adverb]

    (almost)

  • sapere

    [verb]

    (to know)

  • bisognare

    [verb]

    (it is necessary to)

    This impersonal Italian verb is only conjugated for the third person singular. The closest English translation would be: “it is necessary to…” or “we should/have to”. It should not be confused with the personal verb “avere bisogno di”, which means “to need”.

  • servizio

    [noun]

    (service)

  • dove

    [adverb]

    (where)

  • titolo

    [noun]

    (title)

  • nome

    [noun]

    (name)

  • giocatore

    [noun]

    (player)

  • stato

    [noun]

    (state)

  • colpo

    [noun]

    (blow)

  • sindaco

    [noun]

    (mayor)

  • almeno

    [adverb]

    (at least)

  • mancare

    [verb]

    (to be missing)

  • nazionale

    [adjective]

    (national)

  • vittima

    [noun]

    (victim)

  • certo

    [adverb]

    (of course)

  • europeo

    [adjective]

    (European)

  • vittoria

    [noun]

    (victory)

  • sicurezza

    [noun]

    (safety)

  • fatto

    [noun]

    (fact)

  • iniziare

    [verb]

    (to begin, to start)

  • alcuno

    [determiner]

    (not any, no)

  • dato

    [noun]

    (figure, data)

  • domenica

    [noun]

    (Sunday)

    The origin of this Italian word derives from the Latin expression “Dies Dominicus”, which means “Lord’s Day”.

  • crisi

    [noun]

    (crisis)

  • avvenire

    [verb]

    (to happen, future)

    This Italian term can be both a verb and a noun. As a verb it means “to happen”, whereas as a noun it means “future”.

  • positivo

    [adjective]

    (positive)

  • bastare

    [verb]

    (to suffice, to be enough)

  • ragazzo

    [noun]

    (boy)

  • sito

    [noun]

    (site)

  • rischio

    [noun]

    (risk)

  • giocare

    [verb]

    (to play)

  • stagione

    [noun]

    (season)

  • verso

    [preposition]

    (toward)

  • lungo

    [adjective]

    (long)

  • scelta

    [noun]

    (choice)

  • guerra

    [noun]

    (war)

  • confermare

    [verb]

    (to confirm)

  • condizione

    [noun]

    (condition)

  • Napoli

    [proper noun]

    (Naples)

    This word originates from the Greek “Neapolis”, which means “new city”. Its etymology refers to a distinctive trait of the Neapolitan Greek age: Napoli was influenced by the identity of different populations settling there, which made it a “new city”.

  • resto

    [noun]

    (rest)

  • rete

    [noun]

    (net)

  • morire

    [verb]

    (to die)

  • terzo

    [adjective]

    (third)

  • [interjection]

    (yes)

    This very common Italian word has a homonym: “si”. The first one, “” has an accent and it is an affirmation adverb. The second one, “si” does not have an accent, and is a reflexive pronoun (third person singular).

  • piazza

    [noun]

    (square)

  • piccolo

    [adjective]

    (small)

  • aperto

    [adjective]

    (open)

  • decisione

    [noun]

    (decision)

  • incontro

    [noun]

    (meeting)

  • corso

    [noun]

    (course)

  • musica

    [noun]

    (music)

  • indagine

    [noun]

    (investigation)

  • nota

    [noun]

    (note)

  • notte

    [noun]

    (night)

  • ferito

    [noun]

    (wounded)

  • polemica

    [noun]

    (controversy)

  • politica

    [noun]

    (politics)

  • sentire

    [verb]

    (to feel)

    This Italian verb primarily means “to feel”, and it is used to express emotions in Italian. In many contexts, it also means “to hear”. However, just like in English, also in Italian there is a difference between “to hear” and “to listen”, as the second one would be “ascoltare”.

  • voto

    [noun]

    (vote, mark)

  • accordo

    [noun]

    (agreement)

  • chiaro

    [adjective]

    (clear, light)

  • noto

    [adjective]

    (well-known)

  • aspettare

    [verb]

    (to wait)

  • tecnico

    [adjective]

    (technical)

  • decidere

    [verb]

    (to decide)

  • pronto

    [adjective]

    (ready)

  • infine

    [adverb]

    (in the end)

  • bambino

    [noun]

    (baby)

  • legge

    [noun]

    (law)

  • ormai

    [adverb]

    (at this point)

  • lasciare

    [verb]

    (to leave)

  • ripresa

    [noun]

    (recovery, shooting)

  • forza

    [noun]

    (force)

  • piano

    [noun]

    (plan)

  • banca

    [noun]

    (bank)

  • cinque

    [numeral]

    (five)

  • circa

    [adverb]

    (approximately)

  • sperare

    [verb]

    (to hope)

  • partire

    [verb]

    (to leave)

  • nascere

    [verb]

    (to be born)

  • aprire

    [verb]

    (to open)

  • paura

    [noun]

    (fear)

  • fuori

    [adverb]

    (out)

  • regione

    [noun]

    (region)

  • miliardo

    [numeral]

    (billion)

  • attendere

    [verb]

    (to wait for)

  • partito

    [noun]

    (party)

  • incidente

    [noun]

    (incident, accident)

  • sei

    [numeral]

    (six)

  • avanti

    [adverb]

    (forward)

  • prova

    [noun]

    (trial)

  • chiamare

    [verb]

    (to call)

  • tifoso

    [noun]

    (fan)

  • lei

    [pronoun]

    (she)

  • figlio

    [noun]

    (son)

  • campionato

    [noun]

    (championship)

  • allenatore

    [noun]

    (trainer)

  • festa

    [noun]

    (party)

  • serata

    [noun]

    (evening)

  • forte

    [adjective]

    (strong)

  • presentare

    [verb]

    (to present)

  • meno

    [adverb]

    (less)

  • migliore

    [adjective]

    (better)

  • mano

    [noun]

    (hand)

  • giugno

    [noun]

    (June)

  • novità

    [noun]

    (news)

    While in English the word “news” can only be singular, its Italian equivalent “novità” can be plural too. When this word is in a plural form, its spelling is the same. But the grammar elements referring to it will change.

  • locale

    [adjective]

    (local)

  • esistere

    [verb]

    (to exist)

  • operazione

    [noun]

    (operation)

  • servire

    [verb]

    (to serve)

  • lavorare

    [verb]

    (to work)

  • attacco

    [noun]

    (attack)

  • possibile

    [adjective]

    (possible)

  • mezzo

    [noun]

    (half)

  • piacere

    [verb]

    (to like)

  • settembre

    [noun]

    (September)

  • libero

    [adjective]

    (free)

  • informazione

    [noun]

    (information)

  • sfida

    [noun]

    (challenge)

  • dubbio

    [noun]

    (doubt)

  • processo

    [noun]

    (process)

  • morto

    [noun]

    (deceased)

  • rendere

    [verb]

    (to give back)

  • minuto

    [noun]

    (minute)

  • obiettivo

    [noun]

    (objective)

  • esempio

    [noun]

    (example)

  • calo

    [noun]

    (decrease, drop)

  • motivo

    [noun]

    (reason)

  • male

    [adverb]

    (badly)

  • li

    [pronoun]

    (them)

  • rapporto

    [noun]

    (report)

  • difesa

    [noun]

    (defence)

  • protesta

    [noun]

    (protest)

  • spettacolo

    [noun]

    (show)

  • danno

    [noun]

    (damage)

  • auto

    [noun]

    (car)

  • posizione

    [noun]

    (position)

  • film

    [noun]

    (movie)

  • mettere

    [verb]

    (to put)

  • fonte

    [noun]

    (source)

  • oltre

    [adverb]

    (beyond)

  • ovviamente

    [adverb]

    (obviously)

  • provincia

    [noun]

    (province)

  • domanda

    [noun]

    (question)

  • intervento

    [noun]

    (intervention)

  • conto

    [noun]

    (bill)

  • quando

    [conjunction]

    (when)

  • maggio

    [noun]

    (May)

  • causa

    [noun]

    (cause)

  • testa

    [noun]

    (head)

  • controllo

    [noun]

    (check)

  • ragione

    [noun]

    (reason)

  • entrare

    [verb]

    (to enter)

  • vicenda

    [noun]

    (event)

  • ufficiale

    [adjective]

    (official)

  • ricerca

    [noun]

    (search, research)

  • giusto

    [adjective]

    (right)

  • cittadino

    [noun]

    (citizen)

  • sinistra

    [noun]

    (left)

  • vi

    [pronoun]

    (you)

  • conoscere

    [verb]

    (to know)

  • grave

    [adjective]

    (serious)

  • bilancio

    [noun]

    (balance)

  • anzi

    [conjunction]

    (actually, rather)

  • fino

    [preposition]

    (until)

  • unico

    [adjective]

    (unique)

  • gente

    [noun]

    (people)

  • cercare

    [verb]

    (to look for, to seek)

  • appuntamento

    [noun]

    (appointment)

  • alto

    [adjective]

    (tall)

  • portare

    [verb]

    (to bring)

  • contratto

    [noun]

    (contract)

  • ritorno

    [noun]

    (return)

  • credere

    [verb]

    (to believe)

  • azione

    [noun]

    (action)

  • fuoco

    [noun]

    (fire)

  • sindacato

    [noun]

    (trade union)

  • fondo

    [noun]

    (bottom)

  • particolare

    [noun]

    (particular)

  • maggiore

    [adjective]

    (greater)

  • costo

    [noun]

    (cost)

  • carcere

    [noun]

    (prison)

  • passo

    [noun]

    (step)

  • soluzione

    [noun]

    (solution)

  • attesa

    [noun]

    (wait)

  • pieno

    [adjective]

    (full)

  • sabato

    [noun]

    (Saturday)

  • allarme

    [noun]

    (alarm)

  • semplice

    [adjective]

    (simple)

  • riuscire

    [verb]

    (to be able to)

  • principale

    [adjective]

    (principal)

  • reazione

    [noun]

    (reaction)

  • linea

    [noun]

    (line)

  • fiducia

    [noun]

    (trust)

  • sogno

    [noun]

    (dream)

  • massimo

    [adjective]

    (maximum)

  • affermare

    [verb]

    (to assert)

  • pomeriggio

    [noun]

    (afternoon)

  • idea

    [noun]

    (idea)

  • zona

    [noun]

    (area)

  • ministero

    [noun]

    (ministry)

  • amico

    [noun]

    (friend)

  • crescita

    [noun]

    (growth)

  • scrivere

    [verb]

    (to write)

  • scontro

    [noun]

    (clash, crash)

  • soldi

    [noun]

    (money)

    This common Italian word is always used in the plural form.

  • giudizio

    [noun]

    (judgment)

  • settore

    [noun]

    (sector)

  • dollaro

    [noun]

    (dollar)

  • sorpresa

    [noun]

    (surprise)

  • luglio

    [noun]

    (July)

  • diritto

    [noun]

    (the right side)

  • episodio

    [noun]

    (episode)

  • fermare

    [verb]

    (to stop)

  • duro

    [adjective]

    (hard)

  • sistema

    [noun]

    (system)

  • gennaio

    [noun]

    (January)

  • riportare

    [verb]

    (report, bring back)

    This common Italian word has two different meanings: “to report”, and “to bring back”. They are easily distinguishable from the context.

  • quarto

    [adjective]

    (fourth)

  • inoltre

    [adverb]

    (furthermore)

  • azzurro

    [adjective]

    (light blue)

  • rispondere

    [verb]

    (to answer)

  • la

    [pronoun]

    (her, it)

  • inizio

    [noun]

    (start)

  • stampa

    [noun]

    (press)

  • rosso

    [adjective]

    (red)

  • entro

    [preposition]

    (by, within)

  • morte

    [noun]

    (death)

  • proposta

    [noun]

    (proposal)

  • maggioranza

    [noun]

    (majority)

  • ospedale

    [noun]

    (hospital)

  • ottobre

    [noun]

    (October)

  • discorso

    [noun]

    (speech)

  • realtà

    [noun]

    (reality)

  • vendita

    [noun]

    (sale)

  • scena

    [noun]

    (scene)

  • rialzo

    [noun]

    (rise)

  • arbitro

    [noun]

    (referee)

  • seguire

    [verb]

    (to follow)

  • valore

    [noun]

    (value)

  • commissione

    [noun]

    (commission)

  • uscire

    [verb]

    (to go out)

  • grazie

    [noun]

    (thank you)

  • infatti

    [adverb]

    (indeed)

  • modo

    [noun]

    (way)

  • crescere

    [verb]

    (to grow)

  • accadere

    [verb]

    (to happen)

  • scattare

    [verb]

    (shoot, take a picture)

  • aprile

    [noun]

    (April)

  • amore

    [noun]

    (love)

  • commento

    [noun]

    (comment)

  • indagare

    [verb]

    (to investigate)

  • arrivo

    [noun]

    (arrival)

  • panchina

    [noun]

    (bench)

  • vicino

    [adjective]

    (near)

  • medico

    [noun]

    (doctor)

  • economico

    [adjective]

    (economic)

  • marzo

    [noun]

    (March)

  • senso

    [noun]

    (sense)

  • manifestazione

    [noun]

    (expression, demonstration)

  • immagine

    [noun]

    (image)

  • serie

    [noun]

    (series)

  • pure

    [adverb]

    (also)

  • confronto

    [noun]

    (comparison)

  • scegliere

    [verb]

    (to choose)

  • fronte

    [noun]

    (forehead)

  • segno

    [noun]

    (sign)

  • fra

    [preposition]

    (between)

  • chiusura

    [noun]

    (closure)

  • interno

    [noun]

    (inside, interior)

  • corsa

    [noun]

    (race)

  • americano

    [adjective]

    (American)

  • arresto

    [noun]

    (arrest)

  • classifica

    [noun]

    (rank, chart)

  • registrare

    [verb]

    (to record, to register)

  • arrestare

    [verb]

    (to stop)

  • comunicare

    [verb]

    (to communicate)

  • fase

    [noun]

    (phase)

  • cambio

    [noun]

    (exchange)

  • richiesta

    [noun]

    (request)

  • chiesa

    [noun]

    (church)

  • generale

    [adjective]

    (general)

  • facile

    [adjective]

    (easy)

  • intervenire

    [verb]

    (to intervene)

  • riguardare

    [verb]

    (review, take care of yourself)

    The most common translation of this Italian verb is “to review”, but when it is used in its reflexive form (riguardarsi), it means “to take care of oneself”.

  • occhio

    [noun]

    (eye)

  • regola

    [noun]

    (rule)

  • formazione

    [noun]

    (education, development)

  • elettorale

    [adjective]

    (electoral)

  • presto

    [adverb]

    (soon)

  • ruolo

    [noun]

    (role)

  • corpo

    [noun]

    (body)

  • cuore

    [noun]

    (heart)

  • ordine

    [noun]

    (order)

  • nero

    [adjective]

    (black)

  • atto

    [noun]

    (act)

  • dicembre

    [noun]

    (December)

  • giro

    [noun]

    (turn, stroll)

  • libro

    [noun]

    (book)

  • comunale

    [adjective]

  • piede

    [noun]

    (foot)

  • durare

    [verb]

    (to last)

  • dettaglio

    [noun]

    (detail)

  • violenza

    [noun]

    (violence)

  • termine

    [noun]

    (end)

  • traffico

    [noun]

    (traffic)

  • studio

    [noun]

    (study)

  • bisogno

    [noun]

    (need)

  • accusa

    [noun]

    (accusation)

  • partenza

    [noun]

    (departure)

  • errore

    [noun]

    (mistake)

  • proseguire

    [verb]

    (to continue)

  • agosto

    [noun]

    (August)

  • vivere

    [verb]

    (to live)

    This Italian verb resembles the French verb “vivre”.

  • voce

    [noun]

    (voice)

  • scorso

    [adjective]

    (last)

  • pagina

    [noun]

    (page)

  • sera

    [noun]

    (evening)

  • guardare

    [verb]

    (to watch)

  • contrario

    [noun]

    (contrary)

  • tema

    [noun]

    (theme)

  • febbraio

    [noun]

    (February)

  • spesso

    [adverb]

    (often)

  • Europa

    [proper noun]

    (Europe)

  • denuncia

    [noun]

    (complaint)

  • spazio

    [noun]

    (space)

  • porta

    [noun]

    (door)

  • impresa

    [noun]

    (enterprise, endeavour)

  • verità

    [noun]

    (truth)

  • stop

    [noun]

    (stop)

  • naturalmente

    [adverb]

    (naturally)

  • presente

    [adjective]

    (present)

  • livello

    [noun]

    (level)

  • sentenza

    [noun]

    (verdict, judgment)

  • colore

    [noun]

    (color)

  • iniziativa

    [noun]

    (initiative)

  • base

    [noun]

    (base, fundamentals)

  • civile

    [adjective]

    (civil)

  • dieci

    [numeral]

    (ten)

  • cinema

    [noun]

    (cinema)

  • regionale

    [adjective]

    (regional)

  • elezione

    [noun]

    (election)

  • riprendere

    [verb]

    (get back, resume)

  • salire

    [verb]

    (to go up)

  • storico

    [adjective]

    (historical)

  • sport

    [noun]

    (sport)

  • vertice

    [noun]

    (vertex, summit)

  • silenzio

    [noun]

    (silence)

  • viaggio

    [noun]

    (voyage)

  • ti

    [pronoun]

    (you)

  • aumento

    [noun]

    (increase)

  • campione

    [noun]

    (champion)

  • rischiare

    [verb]

    (to risk)

  • analista

    [noun]

    (analyst)

  • entrambi

    [pronoun]

    (both)

  • coppia

    [noun]

    (couple)

  • negativo

    [adjective]

    (negative)

  • aumentare

    [verb]

    (to increase)

  • giornalista

    [noun]

    (journalist)

  • inchiesta

    [noun]

    (investigation)

  • provare

    [verb]

    (to try)

  • insieme

    [adverb]

    (together)

  • sicuramente

    [adverb]

    (surely)

  • vista

    [noun]

    (view)

  • novembre

    [noun]

    (November)

  • puntare

    [verb]

    (head towards, aim for)

  • denunciare

    [verb]

    (to report)

  • personale

    [adjective]

    (personal)

  • sette

    [numeral]

    (seven)

  • sviluppo

    [noun]

    (development)

  • soltanto

    [adverb]

    (only)

  • pace

    [noun]

    (peace)

  • versione

    [noun]

    (version)

  • foto

    [noun]

    (photo)

  • contare

    [verb]

    (to count)

  • colpa

    [noun]

    (fault)

  • [adverb]

    (there)

  • concerto

    [noun]

    (concert)

  • chiuso

    [adjective]

    (closed)

  • premio

    [noun]

    (prize)

  • leader

    [noun]

    (leader)

  • ottimo

    [adjective]

    (very good, great)

  • totale

    [adjective]

    (total)

  • me

    [pronoun]

    (me)

  • rispetto

    [noun]

    (respect)

  • Milan

    [proper noun]

    (Milan)

  • riforma

    [noun]

    (reform)

  • tensione

    [noun]

    (tension)

  • purtroppo

    [adverb]

    (unfortunately)

  • gratuito

    [adjective]

    (free)

  • capire

    [verb]

    (to understand)

  • breve

    [adjective]

    (short)

  • acqua

    [noun]

    (water)

  • funzionare

    [verb]

    (to work)

  • rigore

    [noun]

    (rigor, strictness)

  • tuttavia

    [conjunction]

    (but, however)

  • cultura

    [noun]

    (culture)

  • derby

    [noun]

    (derby)

  • occasione

    [noun]

    (occasion)

  • video

    [noun]

    (video)

  • attenzione

    [noun]

    (attention)

  • record

    [noun]

    (record)

  • spesa

    [noun]

    (expense)

  • capo

    [noun]

    (head)

  • protagonista

    [noun]

    (main character)

  • giallo

    [noun]

    (yellow)

  • battaglia

    [noun]

    (battle)

  • lista

    [noun]

    (list)

  • apparire

    [verb]

    (to appear)

  • testo

    [noun]

    (text)

  • segnale

    [noun]

    (signal)

  • leggere

    [verb]

    (to read)

  • doppio

    [adjective]

    (double)

  • quotidiano

    [noun]

    (daily)

  • giudice

    [noun]

    (judge)

  • durante

    [preposition]

    (during)

  • territorio

    [noun]

    (territory)

  • passato

    [noun]

    (past)

  • tedesco

    [adjective]

    (German)

  • pagare

    [verb]

    (to pay)

  • vecchio

    [adjective]

    (old)

    This Italian adjective comes from the Latin adjective “vetus”.

  • direttore

    [noun]

    (director)

  • teatro

    [noun]

    (theater)

  • agente

    [noun]

    (agent)

  • differenza

    [noun]

    (difference)

  • internazionale

    [adjective]

    (international)

  • Parma

    [proper noun]

    (Parma)

  • francese

    [adjective]

    (French)

  • speranza

    [noun]

    (hope)

  • tuo

    [determiner]

    (your)

  • messaggio

    [noun]

    (message)

  • acquisto

    [noun]

    (purchase)

  • studente

    [noun]

    (student)

  • sciopero

    [noun]

    (strike)

  • padre

    [noun]

    (father)

  • portavoce

    [noun]

    (spokeperson)

  • premier

    [noun]

    (premier)

  • terra

    [noun]

    (soil, Earth)

  • completo

    [adjective]

    (full)

  • nemmeno

    [adverb]

    (not even)

  • appello

    [noun]

    (appeal)

  • disposizione

    [noun]

    (disposal)

  • lira

    [noun]

    (lira)

    This word refers to the former Italian currency.

  • allenamento

    [noun]

    (training)

  • rivelare

    [verb]

    (to reveal)

  • provvedimento

    [noun]

    (measure)

  • qualità

    [noun]

    (quality)

  • sconfitta

    [noun]

    (defeat)

  • magari

    [adverb]

    (maybe, I wish!)

    This Italian word does not have an accurate English translation. It is often used to express a strong desire perceived as unattainable.

  • Torino

    [proper noun]

    (Turin)

  • carta

    [noun]

    (paper)

  • disponibile

    [adjective]

    (available)

  • tribunale

    [noun]

    (court)

  • responsabile

    [noun]

    (person in charge)

  • succedere

    [verb]

    (to happen, to succeed)

  • seguito

    [noun]

    (sequel, continuation)

  • pericolo

    [noun]

    (danger)

  • club

    [noun]

    (club)

  • azienda

    [noun]

    (company)

  • media

    [noun]

    (average)

  • emergenza

    [noun]

    (emergency)

  • spiegare

    [verb]

    (to explain)

  • capitale

    [noun]

    (capital)

  • luogo

    [noun]

    (place)

  • sociale

    [adjective]

    (social)

  • tipo

    [noun]

    (character, type, dude)

    In its primary meaning, this word means “type”. In informal contexts, it can be used to refer to a person who is a character.

  • Lazio

    [proper noun]

    (Lazio)

  • candidato

    [noun]

    (candidate)

  • numeroso

    [adjective]

    (numerous)

  • ricorso

    [noun]

    (appeal)

  • Rai

    [proper noun]

  • otto

    [numeral]

    (eight)

  • cifra

    [noun]

    (figure)

  • stadio

    [noun]

    (stadium)

  • campagna

    [noun]

    (countryside)

  • estero

    [noun]

    (abroad)

  • addio

    [noun]

    (goodbye)

  • risultare

    [verb]

    (result in, turn out to be)

  • dichiarare

    [verb]

    (to declare)

  • tenere

    [verb]

    (to hold)

  • le

    [pronoun]

    (her, them)

  • battere

    [verb]

    (to beat)

  • parere

    [verb]

    (seem, appear)

  • Palermo

    [proper noun]

    (Palermo)

  • valere

    [verb]

    (to be worth)

  • modello

    [noun]

    (model)

  • luce

    [noun]

    (light)

  • toccare

    [verb]

    (to touch)

  • struttura

    [noun]

    (structure)

  • merito

    [noun]

    (merit)

  • sportivo

    [adjective]

    (sports)

  • vantaggio

    [noun]

    (advantage, benefit)

  • pubblicare

    [verb]

    (to publish)

  • tragedia

    [noun]

    (tragedy)

  • evento

    [noun]

    (event)

  • visita

    [noun]

    (visit)

  • dichiarazione

    [noun]

    (declaration)

  • bianco

    [adjective]

    (white)

  • forma

    [noun]

    (form)

  • scendere

    [verb]

    (to descend, to go down)

  • recuperare

    [verb]

    (to retrieve, to recover)

  • sede

    [noun]

    (branch)

  • comunicato

    [noun]

    (public notice)

  • misura

    [noun]

    (measure)

  • effetto

    [noun]

    (effect)

  • ragazza

    [noun]

    (girl)

  • ipotesi

    [noun]

    (hypothesis)

  • Marco

    [proper noun]

  • difficoltà

    [noun]

    (difficulty)

  • impegno

    [noun]

    (commitment)

  • mondiale

    [adjective]

    (world)

  • lontano

    [adjective]

    (distant)

  • inutile

    [adjective]

    (useless)

  • segretario

    [noun]

    (secretary)

  • vigile

    [noun]

    (traffic warden)

  • limite

    [noun]

    (limit)

  • opposizione

    [noun]

    (opposition)

  • pesante

    [adjective]

    (heavy)

  • attualmente

    [adverb]

    (currently)

  • lunedì

    [noun]

    (Monday)

  • pista

    [noun]

    (track)

  • ricordare

    [verb]

    (to remember)

  • mostra

    [noun]

    (show)

  • genitore

    [noun]

    (parent)

  • svolgere

    [verb]

    (carry out)

  • eppure

    [conjunction]

    (and yet, but yet)

  • stavolta

    [adverb]

    (this time)

  • presenza

    [noun]

    (presence)

  • militare

    [adjective]

    (military)

  • Paolo

    [proper noun]

    (Paul)

  • responsabilità

    [noun]

    (responsibility)

  • turno

    [noun]

    (shift)

  • mare

    [noun]

    (sea)

  • solidarietà

    [noun]

    (solidarity)

  • completamente

    [adverb]

    (completely)

  • periodo

    [noun]

    (period)

  • fenomeno

    [noun]

    (phenomenon)

  • durata

    [noun]

    (duration)

  • fondamentale

    [adjective]

    (basic)

  • tranquillo

    [adjective]

    (calm)

  • solito

    [noun]

    (usual)

  • serio

    [adjective]

    (serious)

  • raggiungere

    [verb]

    (to reach)

  • neanche

    [adverb]

    (neither)

  • partecipazione

    [noun]

    (participation)

  • risalire

    [verb]

    (date back to, go back up)

  • assolutamente

    [adverb]

    (absolutely)

  • aiuto

    [noun]

    (help)

  • esperienza

    [noun]

    (experience)

  • vario

    [adjective]

    (varied)

  • giovedì

    [noun]

    (Thursday)

  • occorrere

    [verb]

    (to be required)

  • trattativa

    [noun]

    (negotiation)

  • finora

    [adverb]

    (till now)

  • Napolitano

    [proper noun]

  • fissare

    [verb]

    (set, fixate on, secure)

  • opera

    [noun]

    (endeavour, opera)

  • mattina

    [noun]

    (morning)

  • Natale

    [proper noun]

    (Christmas)

  • debole

    [adjective]

    (weak)

  • concludere

    [verb]

    (to conclude)

  • sbagliare

    [verb]

    (to make a mistake)

  • area

    [noun]

    (area)

  • terminare

    [verb]

    (to end)

  • veramente

    [adverb]

    (truly)

  • interessante

    [adjective]

    (interesting)

  • ce

    [pronoun]

    (us, to us)

  • perfetto

    [adjective]

    (perfect)

  • lotta

    [noun]

    (struggle)

  • finanziario

    [adjective]

    (financial)

  • dietro

    [adverb]

    (behind)

  • borsa

    [noun]

    (bag)

  • compagnia

    [noun]

    (company)

  • documento

    [noun]

    (document)

  • giunta

    [noun]

    (council)

  • centrale

    [adjective]

    (central)

  • aria

    [noun]

    (air)

  • precedente

    [adjective]

    (previous)

  • pioggia

    [noun]

    (rain)

    This basic Italian vocabulary word originates from the Latin word “pluvia”. See here for more similarities between Italian and Latin.

  • affidare

    [verb]

    (to entrust)

  • critica

    [noun]

    (criticism)

  • straordinario

    [adjective]

    (extraordinary, overtime)

    This Italian word means primarily “extraordinary”. However, in the phrase “Fare lo straordinario”, it means working overtime.

  • correre

    [verb]

    (to run)

  • passione

    [noun]

    (passion)

  • privato

    [adjective]

    (private)

  • bloccare

    [verb]

    (to block)

  • droga

    [noun]

    (drug)

  • faccia

    [noun]

    (face)

  • segnare

    [verb]

    (to mark)

  • accettare

    [verb]

    (to accept)

  • esperto

    [noun]

    (expert)

  • fermo

    [adjective]

    (fixed)

  • appunto

    [adverb]

    (precisely)

  • colpire

    [verb]

    (to hit)

  • avvio

    [noun]

    (start)

  • segreto

    [noun]

    (secret)

  • ufficio

    [noun]

    (office)

  • usare

    [verb]

    (to use)

  • scoprire

    [verb]

    (discover)

  • macchina

    [noun]

    (machine)

  • destra

    [noun]

    (right)

  • decisivo

    [adjective]

    (decisive)

  • taglio

    [noun]

    (cut)

  • giustizia

    [noun]

    (justice)

  • immigrato

    [noun]

    (immigrant)

  • avversario

    [noun]

    (opponent)

  • previsione

    [noun]

    (forecast)

  • Francesco

    [proper noun]

  • rappresentare

    [verb]

    (to represent)

  • dibattito

    [noun]

    (debate)

  • cedere

    [verb]

    (to surrender)

  • libertà

    [noun]

    (freedom)

  • ingresso

    [noun]

    (entrance)

  • produzione

    [noun]

    (production)

  • praticamente

    [adverb]

    (practically)

  • clima

    [noun]

    (climate)

  • sicuro

    [adjective]

    (safe)

  • migliorare

    [verb]

    (to improve)

  • sud

    [noun]

    (south)

  • metà

    [noun]

    (half)

  • difendere

    [verb]

    (to defend, to stick up for)

  • caldo

    [adjective]

    (hot)

  • cura

    [noun]

    (cure)

  • lanciare

    [verb]

    (to launch)

  • vostro

    [determiner]

    (your)

  • guadagnare

    [verb]

    (to earn)

  • falso

    [adjective]

    (false)

  • prodotto

    [noun]

    (product)

  • manovra

    [noun]

    (maneuvre, ploy)

  • speciale

    [adjective]

    (special)

  • offerta

    [noun]

    (offer)

  • giornale

    [noun]

    (newspaper)

    Although similar to the English “journal”, this word means “newspaper”. The Italian word for “journal” is “rivista”.

  • cambiamento

    [noun]

    (a change)

  • rivoluzione

    [noun]

    (revolution)

  • parlamento

    [noun]

    (parliament)

  • caccia

    [noun]

    (hunting)

  • attività

    [noun]

    (activity)

  • replica

    [noun]

    (reply)

  • discussione

    [noun]

    (discussion)

  • emozione

    [noun]

    (emotion)

  • superare

    [verb]

    (to exceed)

  • soccorso

    [noun]

    (rescue)

  • necessario

    [adjective]

    (necessary)

  • svolta

    [noun]

    (turn, turning point)

    In the context of giving directions, this Italian word simply means “turn”. When used in a different context, it can also denote a “breakthrough”.

  • repubblica

    [noun]

    (republic)

  • lavoratore

    [noun]

    (worker)

  • pericoloso

    [adjective]

    (dangerous)

  • probabilmente

    [adverb]

    (probably)

  • pareggio

    [noun]

    (tie)

  • impossibile

    [adjective]

    (impossible)

  • autorità

    [noun]

    (authority)

  • sostenere

    [verb]

    (support, maintain)

  • esterno

    [adjective]

    (external)

  • realizzare

    [verb]

    (to achieve)

  • data

    [noun]

    (date)

  • piuttosto

    [adverb]

    (rather)

  • televisione

    [noun]

    (television)

  • biglietto

    [noun]

    (ticket)

  • spagnolo

    [adjective]

    (Spanish)

  • ricevere

    [verb]

    (to receive)

  • capoluogo

    [noun]

    (capital)

  • ricordo

    [noun]

    (memory)

  • soddisfazione

    [noun]

    (satisfaction)

  • apertura

    [noun]

    (opening)

  • appena

    [adverb]

    (just, barely)

  • movimento

    [noun]

    (movement)

  • esame

    [noun]

    (examination)

  • riunione

    [noun]

    (meeting)

  • utile

    [adjective]

    (useful)

  • seduta

    [noun]

    (sitting)

  • accusare

    [verb]

    (to accuse)

  • altrimenti

    [adverb]

    (otherwise)

  • fuga

    [noun]

    (escape)

  • rifiuto

    [noun]

    (rejection)

  • fiamma

    [noun]

    (flame)

  • velocità

    [noun]

    (speed)

  • salute

    [noun]

    (health)

  • percorso

    [noun]

    (path)

  • match

    [noun]

    (match)

    Anglicisms in Italian are quite common. As long as it is used in relation to sport, this word has the same meaning as the English one. The other meanings of this English word correspond to different Italian words.

  • madre

    [noun]

    (mother)

  • volo

    [noun]

    (flight)

  • disagio

    [noun]

    (discomfort)

  • treno

    [noun]

    (train)

  • ritardo

    [noun]

    (delay)

  • raccontare

    [verb]

    (to tell)

  • fortuna

    [noun]

    (luck)

  • inglese

    [adjective]

    (English)

  • conseguenza

    [noun]

    (consequence)

  • ambiente

    [noun]

    (environment)

  • voi

    [pronoun]

    (you)

  • terremoto

    [noun]

    (earthquake)

  • lettera

    [noun]

    (letter)

  • porre

    [verb]

    (put, set, pay)

    This Italian verb has several different meanings. When combined with the word “attenzione”, it means “pay attention”. In other cases, it means “to put” something, or “to set” an objective.

  • difensore

    [noun]

    (defender)

  • strategia

    [noun]

    (strategy)

  • sangue

    [noun]

    (blood)

  • carriera

    [noun]

    (career)

  • ritiro

    [noun]

    (withdrawal)

  • grosso

    [adjective]

    (big)

  • costare

    [verb]

    (to cost)

  • umano

    [adjective]

    (human)

  • conferma

    [noun]

    (confirmation)

  • conclusione

    [noun]

    (conclusion)

  • Roberto

    [proper noun]

  • votare

    [verb]

    (to vote)

  • firma

    [noun]

    (signature)

  • sala

    [noun]

    (room)

  • finalmente

    [adverb]

    (at last)

  • creare

    [verb]

    (to create)

  • trasporto

    [noun]

    (transport)

  • considerare

    [verb]

    (to consider)

  • arma

    [noun]

    (weapon)

  • possibilità

    [noun]

    (possibility)

  • salvare

    [verb]

    (to save)

  • decisamente

    [adverb]

    (decidedly)

  • venerdì

    [noun]

    (Friday)

  • dimenticare

    [verb]

    (to forget)

  • vacanza

    [noun]

    (vacation)

  • centrosinistra

    [noun]

    (center left)

  • ottenere

    [verb]

    (to obtain)

  • partecipare

    [verb]

    (to participate in)

  • assoluto

    [adjective]

    (absolute)

  • investimento

    [noun]

    (investment)

  • sequestro

    [noun]

    (sequestration, kidnapping)

  • vivo

    [adjective]

    (live)

  • direzione

    [noun]

    (direction)

  • arte

    [noun]

    (art)

  • Antonio

    [proper noun]

  • tale

    [determiner]

    (such)

  • oro

    [noun]

    (gold)

  • camera

    [noun]

    (room)

  • relazione

    [noun]

    (relationship, link)

  • abbastanza

    [adverb]

    (enough)

    While in English the word “enough” is placed after the adjective of reference, its Italian equivalent is always found before.

  • zero

    [numeral]

    (zero)

  • stile

    [noun]

    (style)

  • preoccupazione

    [noun]

    (worry)

  • personaggio

    [noun]

    (character)

  • bravo

    [adjective]

    (good at something)

  • incredibile

    [adjective]

    (incredible)

  • quota

    [noun]

    (amount)

  • definitivo

    [adjective]

    (final, definitive)

  • mercoledì

    [noun]

    (Wednesday)

  • basso

    [adjective]

    (low)

  • categoria

    [noun]

    (category)

  • dolore

    [noun]

    (ache)

  • capitolo

    [noun]

    (chapter)

  • popolo

    [noun]

    (people)

  • effettuare

    [verb]

    (to make)

  • immediato

    [adjective]

    (immediate)

  • ulteriore

    [adjective]

    (further)

  • lezione

    [noun]

    (lesson)

  • furto

    [noun]

    (theft)

  • meritare

    [verb]

    (to deserve)

  • brutto

    [adjective]

    (ugly)

  • preparare

    [verb]

    (to prepare)

  • dipendere

    [verb]

    (to depend)

  • minimo

    [adjective]

    (least)

  • firmare

    [verb]

    (to sign)

  • strano

    [adjective]

    (strange)

  • interesse

    [noun]

    (interest)

  • peggio

    [noun]

    (the worst part)

  • nessun

    [determiner]

    (no, none)

  • neve

    [noun]

    (snow)

  • qualcuno

    [pronoun]

    (someone)

  • netto

    [adjective]

    (net)

  • Bologna

    [proper noun]

  • felice

    [adjective]

    (happy)

  • miracolo

    [noun]

    (miracle)

  • democrazia

    [noun]

    (democracy)

  • ribasso

    [noun]

    (depreciation)

  • progresso

    [noun]

    (progress)

  • turismo

    [noun]

    (tourism)

  • Bari

    [proper noun]

  • rientrare

    [verb]

    (return, go/come back)

  • magistrato

    [noun]

    (magistrate)

  • contento

    [adjective]

    (pleased)

  • chilometro

    [noun]

    (kilometer)

  • guida

    [noun]

    (guide)

  • terreno

    [noun]

    (ground)

  • sereno

    [adjective]

    (serene)

  • reale

    [adjective]

    (real)

  • agenzia

    [noun]

    (agency)

  • contenuto

    [noun]

    (content)

  • guardia

    [noun]

    (guard)

  • passaggio

    [noun]

    (passage)

  • familiare

    [noun]

    (relative)

  • complesso

    [adjective]

    (complex)

  • memoria

    [noun]

    (memory)

  • offrire

    [verb]

    (to offer)

  • corte

    [noun]

    (court)

  • attaccante

    [noun]

    (striker)

  • prestazione

    [noun]

    (performance)

  • traccia

    [noun]

    (trace)

  • ospite

    [noun]

    (guest)

  • freddo

    [adjective]

    (cold)

  • dimissione

    [noun]

    (discharge)

  • moglie

    [noun]

    (wife)

  • affare

    [noun]

    (business, matter)

  • quadro

    [noun]

    (painting, picture)

  • interessare

    [verb]

    (to interest)

  • dialogo

    [noun]

    (dialogue)

  • gli

    [pronoun]

    (him, them)

  • approvare

    [verb]

    (to approve)

  • articolo

    [noun]

    (article)

  • ritrovare

    [verb]

    (to find)

  • estate

    [noun]

    (summer)

  • stazione

    [noun]

    (station)

  • attore

    [noun]

    (actor)

  • promozione

    [noun]

    (promotion)

  • palla

    [noun]

    (ball)

  • cliente

    [noun]

    (customer)

  • fratello

    [noun]

    (brother)

    This basic Italian vocabulary word comes from the Latin word “frater”.

  • normale

    [adjective]

    (normal)

  • test

    [noun]

    (test)

  • sanità

    [noun]

    (healthcare)

  • parco

    [noun]

    (park)

  • popolazione

    [noun]

    (population)

  • dividere

    [verb]

    (to divide)

  • cinese

    [adjective]

    (Chinese)

  • angolo

    [noun]

    (angle)

  • porto

    [noun]

    (port)

  • segnalare

    [verb]

    (signal, point out)

  • presentazione

    [noun]

    (presentation)

  • straniero

    [adjective]

    (foreign)

  • mistero

    [noun]

    (mystery)

  • Firenze

    [proper noun]

    (Florence)

  • concorso

    [noun]

    (competitive exam, contest)

  • russo

    [adjective]

    (Russian)

  • vuoto

    [adjective]

    (empty)

  • genere

    [noun]

    (genre, gender)

  • giungere

    [verb]

    (to come)

  • ascoltare

    [verb]

    (to listen)

  • nord

    [noun]

    (north)

  • aspetto

    [noun]

    (look)

  • gestione

    [noun]

    (management)

  • pezzo

    [noun]

    (piece)

  • contatto

    [noun]

    (contact)

  • destino

    [noun]

    (destiny)

  • autore

    [noun]

    (author)

  • incontrare

    [verb]

    (to encounter, to meet)

  • dedicare

    [verb]

    (to dedicate)

  • decreto

    [noun]

    (decree)

  • attuale

    [adjective]

    (current)

  • regia

    [noun]

    (direction)

  • web

    [noun]

    (web)

  • pensione

    [noun]

    (pension)

  • scudetto

    [noun]

    (championship)

  • associazione

    [noun]

    (association)

  • riferimento

    [noun]

    (reference)

  • stasera

    [adverb]

    (this evening)

    This common Italian word is just the shorter version of “(que)sta sera”. The same type of contraction appears in “stamattina” (questa mattina), and “stanotte” (questa notte).

  • portiere

    [noun]

    (doorman)

  • palazzo

    [noun]

    (building)

  • gesto

    [noun]

    (gesture)

  • successivo

    [adjective]

    (following)

  • escludere

    [verb]

    (to exclude)

  • aiutare

    [verb]

    (to help)

  • amministrazione

    [noun]

    (administration)

  • critico

    [adjective]

    (critical)

  • tappa

    [noun]

    (stage)

  • smentire

    [verb]

    (to deny)

    This Italian verb comes from “mentire”, which means “to lie”. The prefix “s” gives it a different meaning: “to deny”, “to prove wrong”.

  • pensiero

    [noun]

    (thought)

  • concreto

    [adjective]

    (concrete)

  • mantenere

    [verb]

    (to keep)

  • organizzare

    [verb]

    (to organize)

  • prospettiva

    [noun]

    (perspective)

  • ripartire

    [verb]

    (to leave again, recover)

    Depending on the context, this Italian verb can have two meanings. One is “to leave again”, and the second is “to recover”. In both cases, the prefix “ri” suggests a repetition or a reaction.

  • pilota

    [noun]

    (pilot)

  • ammontare

    [verb]

    (amount to)

  • superiore

    [adjective]

    (superior)

  • comunicazione

    [noun]

    (communication)

  • sequestrare

    [verb]

    (to confiscate, to seize)

  • salvezza

    [noun]

    (salvation)

  • neppure

    [adverb]

    (either, not even)

    This Italian adverb can be used interchangeably with “nemmeno” and “neanche”, as they are all synonyms. In the same sentence, they should be alternated to avoid repetition of the same word. See here for a list of Italian adverbs.

  • tassa

    [noun]

    (tax)

  • anziano

    [noun]

    (an elderly)

  • scenario

    [noun]

    (scenario, scenery)

  • democratico

    [adjective]

    (democratic)

  • quartiere

    [noun]

    (district)

  • [conjunction]

    (neither…nor)

    This Italian word is repeated twice in a sentence and used to negate something. It corresponds to the English “neither…nor”.

  • economia

    [noun]

    (economy)

  • ricco

    [adjective]

    (rich)

  • fiscale

    [adjective]

    (financial)

  • vincente

    [adjective]

    (winning)

  • centrocampo

    [noun]

    (midfield)

  • risorsa

    [noun]

    (resource)

  • Luca

    [proper noun]

  • cadere

    [verb]

    (to fall)

  • utilizzare

    [verb]

    (to use)

  • compagno

    [noun]

    (companion)

  • provinciale

    [adjective]

    (provincial)

  • moda

    [noun]

    (fashion)

  • scambio

    [noun]

    (exchange)

  • verde

    [adjective]

    (green)

    This Italian adjective comes from Latin, and it is the same in Portuguese. For more similar words between these languages, see this comparison of Portuguese vs Italian.

  • Brasile

    [proper noun]

    (Brazil)

  • canzone

    [noun]

    (song)

  • rosa

    [noun]

    (rose)

  • Ancona

    [proper noun]

  • Mario

    [proper noun]

    (Mario)

    Being one of the most common Italian proper names, “Mario Rossi” is often found in different subject textbooks to provide examples. It is the equivalent of the English “John Doe”.

  • accertamento

    [noun]

    (verification)

  • quinto

    [adjective]

    (fifth)

  • mamma

    [noun]

    (mom)

  • signore

    [noun]

    (mister, sir)

  • chiarire

    [verb]

    (to clarify)

  • cielo

    [noun]

    (sky)

  • classico

    [adjective]

    (classic)

  • incendio

    [noun]

    (fire)

  • parlamentare

    [adjective]

    (parliamentary)

  • diretto

    [adjective]

    (direct)

  • intorno

    [adverb]

    (around)

  • evitare

    [verb]

    (to avoid)

  • industriale

    [adjective]

    (industrial)

  • amare

    [verb]

    (to love)

  • definire

    [verb]

    (to define)

  • dentro

    [adverb]

    (inside)

  • consumatore

    [noun]

    (consumer)

  • legale

    [adjective]

    (legal, lawful)

  • flessione

    [noun]

    (push-up, curve)

  • intero

    [adjective]

    (entire)

  • decina

    [noun]

    (dozens)

  • muro

    [noun]

    (wall)

  • stella

    [noun]

    (a star)

  • vendere

    [verb]

    (to sell)

  • convegno

    [noun]

    (meeting)

  • rispettare

    [verb]

    (to respect)

  • This is a list of the 1,000 most commonly spoken Italian words. The top 100 words have audio pronunciations if available.

    Number Italian Word in English
    1 non

    not
    2 e

    and
    3 che

    that
    4 di

    of
    5 la

    the
    6 è

    is
    7 il

    the
    8 un

    a
    9 a

    to
    10 per

    to
    11 in

    in
    12 una

    a
    13 sono

    are
    14 mi

    I
    15 ho

    I
    16 si

    you
    17 lo

    the
    18 ha

    has
    19 ma

    but
    20 ti

    you
    21 le

    the
    22 cosa

    what
    23 con

    with
    24 i

    the
    25 da

    from
    26 se

    if
    27 come

    as
    28 no

    no
    29 io

    I
    30 ci

    there
    31 questo

    this
    32 hai

    you
    33 qui

    here
    34 bene

    well
    35 sei

    six
    36 tu

    you
    37 del

    the
    38 me

    me
    39 al

    to
    40 mio

    my
    41 solo

    only
    42

    yes
    43 tutto

    everything
    44 te

    you
    45 era

    was
    46 più

    more
    47 della

    the
    48 gli

    the
    49 lei

    she
    50 mia

    my
    51 ne

    I
    52 questa

    this
    53 fare

    have
    54 quando

    when
    55 perché

    because
    56 ora

    now
    57 essere

    have
    58 fatto

    made
    59 va

    goes
    60 so I know
    61 o

    or
    62 mai

    never
    63 così

    that
    64 chi

    who
    65 detto

    said
    66 alla

    to
    67 tutti

    everyone
    68 quello

    that
    69 molto

    highly
    70 oh oh
    71 anche

    also
    72 dei

    of
    73 voglio

    I want
    74 lui

    he
    75 niente

    nothing
    76 stato

    condition
    77 sta

    is
    78 grazie

    thanks
    79 dove

    where
    80 abbiamo

    we have
    81 tuo

    Your
    82 nel

    in
    83 posso

    I can
    84 allora

    then
    85 siamo

    are
    86 uno

    one
    87 fa

    ago
    88 vuoi

    you want
    89 hanno

    have
    90 prima

    before
    91 noi

    us
    92 suo

    its
    93 stai

    re
    94 tua your
    95 due

    two
    96 casa

    home
    97 ancora

    more
    98 sua its
    99 qualcosa

    something
    100 vero

    TRUE
    101 su on
    102 sia both
    103 sai you know
    104 sempre always
    105 dire say
    106 loro their
    107 quella that
    108 andiamo go
    109 andare go
    110 delle of
    111 altro more
    112 vi there
    113 po some
    114 quel that
    115 li them
    116 ehi hey
    117 devo I
    118 signore ladies
    119 nella in
    120 ad to
    121 tempo time
    122 forse perhaps
    123 certo some
    124 vita life
    125 fuori out
    126 voi you
    127 uomo man
    128 sto I’m
    129 adesso now
    130 davvero really
    131 anni years
    132 cosi so
    133 perche because
    134 dio god
    135 poi then
    136 visto seen
    137 ok ok
    138 via via
    139 parte part
    140 proprio own
    141 puoi can
    142 credo I believe
    143 piu more
    144 sul on
    145 beh well
    146 volta time
    147 cose things
    148 quanto what
    149 ciao hello
    150 nessuno no one
    151 amico friend
    152 dopo after
    153 può can
    154 padre father
    155 fai do
    156 vuole wants
    157 qualcuno someone
    158 posto place
    159 lavoro working
    160 meglio rather
    161 devi you must
    162 già already
    163 ed and
    164 vedere see
    165 giorno daytime
    166 cazzo fuck
    167 dai from
    168 cui which
    169 bisogno need
    170 dal from
    171 vai vai
    172 ogni every
    173 senza without
    174 ce there
    175 vieni come
    176 ecco here
    177 male bad
    178 stata been
    179 troppo too
    180 qualche some
    181 signor Mr.
    182 dobbiamo we must
    183 dalla from
    184 sarà will
    185 tanto much
    186 avete have
    187 mamma Mom
    188 ll ll
    189 modo means
    190 grande great
    191 tra between
    192 prego Please
    193 miei My
    194 favore favor
    195 altra other
    196 alle to
    197 sa know
    198 sembra seems
    199 quindi then
    200 guarda watch
    201 soldi money
    202 sulla on
    203 dispiace sorry
    204 parlare speak
    205 sarebbe would
    206 tre three
    207 ai to
    208 gente people
    209 deve must
    210 perchè because
    211 dice says
    212 aspetta expected
    213 madre mother
    214 momento time
    215 nuovo fresh
    216 questi these
    217 mondo World
    218 successo achievement
    219 possiamo we can
    220 nostro our
    221 piace like
    222 siete you are
    223 forza force
    224 aveva had
    225 avere have
    226 ero I was
    227 figlio child
    228 dentro inside
    229 oggi today
    230 ragazzi boys
    231 penso I think
    232 accordo agreement
    233 facendo doing
    234 queste these
    235 é is
    236 fosse was
    237 faccio I
    238 degli from
    239 giusto right
    240 altri other
    241 avanti forward
    242 nome name
    243 avevo I was
    244 there
    245 farlo do
    246 donna woman
    247 notte night
    248 basta just
    249 subito immediately
    250 tutte All
    251 ah ah
    252 tutta throughout
    253 sapere know
    254 signora Mrs.
    255 testa head
    256 faccia face
    257 porta door
    258 bella beautiful
    259 sicuro secure
    260 eh eh
    261 senti feel
    262 vado I
    263 persone people
    264 uomini men
    265 sentito heard
    266 nostra our
    267 preso taken
    268 merda shit
    269 tipo type
    270 appena just
    271 sotto below
    272 idea idea
    273 stare stay
    274 ragazzo boyfriend
    275 morto dead
    276 paura fear
    277 buona good
    278 ragazza girl
    279 abbia have
    280 avuto had
    281 stesso itself
    282 erano were
    283 moglie wife
    284 potrebbe could
    285 presto early
    286 suoi its
    287 pronto ready
    288 pensi think
    289 problema problem
    290 capito understood
    291 succede happens
    292 ii ii
    293 amore love
    294 tuoi your
    295 papà Dad
    296 volte times
    297 gia already
    298 insieme together
    299 tesoro treasure
    300 domani tomorrow
    301 vorrei I would like to
    302 ragione reason
    303 storia history
    304 caso case
    305 volevo I wanted to
    306 nulla nothing
    307 l l
    308 prendere catch
    309 okay okay
    310 fino up to
    311 qua here
    312 trovato found
    313 dici about
    314 bello beautiful
    315 venire come
    316 macchina machinery
    317 nei in
    318 dato given
    319 serve serves
    320 giorni days
    321 aver have
    322 terra ground
    323 dico I say
    324 mano hand
    325 stiamo we are
    326 buon good
    327 vediamo see
    328 famiglia family
    329 stanno are
    330 piacere please
    331 facciamo we do
    332 aiuto help
    333 fratello brother
    334 scusa excuse
    335 letto bed
    336 secondo according to
    337 fine end
    338 ciò what
    339 avrei I
    340 diavolo Devil
    341 amici Friends
    342 polizia police force
    343 state been
    344 morte death
    345 piano floor
    346 meno less
    347 capisco I understand
    348 capo Chief
    349 vedo see it
    350 stati been
    351 primo first
    352 neanche not even
    353 bel nice
    354 quale which
    355 there
    356 strada road
    357 vedi see
    358 vostro your
    359 occhi eyes
    360 salve prejudice
    361 quei those
    362 persona person
    363 quelle those
    364 quasi almost
    365 dollari dollars
    366 giro around
    367 scusi Excuse
    368 credi believe
    369 ucciso killed
    370 indietro back
    371 acqua water
    372 mentre while
    373 sera evening
    374 tornare return
    375 contro counter
    376 sento feel
    377 sig Mr.
    378 avrebbe would
    379 dovuto due
    380 pensavo I thought
    381 bambino child
    382 film movie
    383 mie My
    384 mani hands
    385 abbastanza enough
    386 vostra your
    387 bambini children
    388 minuti minutes
    389 andato went
    390 anno year
    391 cercando looking
    392 col with
    393 trovare find out
    394 finito finished
    395 nessun no
    396 tardi Later
    397 far to
    398 chiama calls
    399 ore hours
    400 guerra war
    401 nostri our
    402 stavo I was
    403 viene is
    404 ia ia
    405 prendi take
    406 puo can
    407 veramente really
    408 piccolo small
    409 cuore heart
    410 nemmeno not even
    411 giù down
    412 forte strong
    413 sola only
    414 bravo good
    415 stasera tonight
    416 quelli those
    417 numero number
    418 città town
    419 sue its
    420 perso lost
    421 punto point
    422 fanno do
    423 venuto came
    424 felice happy
    425 roba stuff
    426 vecchio old man
    427 uscire get out
    428 importa matter
    429 stessa itself
    430 parla speaks
    431 scuola school
    432 comunque however
    433 dietro behind
    434 fu was
    435 chiesto asked
    436 nelle in
    437 lascia leaves
    438 spero I hope
    439 figlia daughter
    440 cinque five
    441 dovrebbe should
    442 pensato thought
    443 quattro four
    444 migliore top
    445 morire die
    446 importante important
    447 donne Women
    448 verso to
    449 invece instead
    450 eri were
    451 poco little
    452 marito husband
    453 sangue blood
    454 puttana bitch
    455 potrei I could
    456 ricordi memories
    457 sara will
    458 sapevo I knew
    459 settimana week
    460 amo I love
    461 entrare enter
    462 fate do
    463 almeno at least
    464 vicino close
    465 dovrei I should
    466 pensa think
    467 capitano Captain
    468 passato past
    469 dottore doctor
    470 colpa fault
    471 possibile possible
    472 piedi feet
    473 farò I will
    474 piccola small
    475 ultima last
    476 però however,
    477 messo put
    478 dammi give me
    479 fatta made
    480 pensare think
    481 altre other
    482 dovresti you ought
    483 sentire feel
    484 andata gone
    485 ie ie
    486 vivere live
    487 portato brought
    488 riesco I can
    489 parlando talking
    490 stanza room
    491 auto car
    492 pure well
    493 ascolta listen
    494 nessuna no
    495 chiamato called
    496 telefono phone
    497 significa means
    498 conosco I know
    499 parlato spoken
    500 tue your
    501 corpo body
    502 dare give
    503 perdere waste
    504 serio serious
    505 volete you want
    506 culo ass
    507 vista view
    508 lasciato left
    509 conto account
    510 mezzo half
    511 ione ion
    512 ben well
    513 fossi I was
    514 andando going
    515 fuoco fire
    516 buongiorno good morning
    517 ricordo memory
    518 be be
    519 strano strange
    520 prova test
    521 genere generally
    522 difficile tough
    523 sopra above
    524 ieri yesterday
    525 john john
    526 mangiare eat
    527 re King
    528 stava was
    529 parola word
    530 problemi problems
    531 chiamo call
    532 possa can
    533 fortuna fortune
    534 magari maybe
    535 paese country
    536 gioco play
    537 figli children
    538 s s
    539 potuto could
    540 mesi months
    541 qual what
    542 voleva wanted
    543 possono can
    544 mr mr
    545 ln ln
    546 signorina Miss
    547 quanti how many
    548 dimmi tell me
    549 farti you
    550 jack jack
    551 molti many people
    552 dicendo saying
    553 sorella sister
    554 qualsiasi whatever
    555 nuova new
    556 signori Lords
    557 musica music
    558 resto rest
    559 davanti before
    560 foto photo
    561 ragazze Girls
    562 pace peace
    563 pare Apparently
    564 domanda application
    565 mente mind
    566 torna back
    567 attimo moment
    568 tieni keep
    569 dica tell
    570 dovremmo we should
    571 finita over
    572 sacco lot
    573 paio couple
    574 senso sense
    575 verità truth
    576 capire understand
    577 cio what
    578 pistola gun
    579 vivo live
    580 lavorare operate
    581 dalle from
    582 cane dog
    583 fra between
    584 stia is
    585 vogliono want
    586 attenzione attention
    587 festa party
    588 andate go
    589 agli to
    590 vada go
    591 farmi me
    592 fantastico wonderful
    593 saranno will
    594 affari business
    595 bere drinking
    596 unica only
    597 vede sees
    598 dicono say
    599 aria air
    600 buono good
    601 unico only
    602 presidente President
    603 passare pass
    604 papa Pope
    605 cielo sky
    606 spiace sorry
    607 agente agent
    608 coraggio bravery
    609 fammi let me
    610 squadra team
    611 cara dear
    612 luce light
    613 ufficio office
    614 sapete you know
    615 dormire sleep
    616 avessi I
    617 divertente entertaining
    618 capisci understand
    619 smettila stop
    620 new new
    621 facile easy
    622 controllo check
    623 esatto exactly
    624 potete you can
    625 lungo long
    626 giovane young
    627 generale General
    628 parole words
    629 sappiamo we know
    630 ultimo latest
    631 entra enters
    632 cristo christ
    633 probabilmente probably
    634 faremo we will
    635 gran large
    636 morti dead
    637 morta dead
    638 siano are
    639 vogliamo we want
    640 fatti facts
    641 cena dinner
    642 hey hey
    643 uccidere kill
    644 farà will
    645 avevi had
    646 credere believe
    647 nostre our
    648 voce item
    649 sulle on
    650 arrivato arrived
    651 cerca search
    652 molte many
    653 attento careful
    654 scritto written
    655 pronti ready
    656 libro Book
    657 sarei I would
    658 sui on
    659 cura care
    660 voglia will
    661 chiedo I ask
    662 vuol means
    663 pazzo wild
    664 tratta is
    665 ordine Order
    666 esattamente exactly
    667 lontano away
    668 perfetto perfect
    669 dieci ten
    670 potresti could
    671 finché while
    672 caro dear
    673 cercare search
    674 stupido stupid
    675 conosci you know
    676 passo step
    677 sbagliato wrong
    678 sicura safety
    679 arrivo incoming
    680 alcuni some
    681 parli talk
    682 farai do
    683 chiaro clear
    684 arrivare reach
    685 sarai you will be
    686 prendo I take
    687 prossima next
    688 motivo reason
    689 credevo I thought
    690 restare remain
    691 stronzo asshole
    692 nor
    693 sarò I will be
    694 chiami call
    695 avresti would
    696 campo field
    697 arriva arrives
    698 aspettare expect
    699 viaggio Travel
    700 minuto minute
    701 eravamo we were
    702 guardare watch
    703 aspetto appearance
    704 lasciami let me
    705 dello the
    706 resta remains
    707 fermo firm
    708 diventare become
    709 inizio starting
    710 camera Room
    711 giocare play
    712 fretta quickly
    713 ospedale hospital
    714 lasciare leave
    715 alto high
    716 idiota idiot
    717 continua continues
    718 mettere put
    719 zitto shut up
    720 armi weapons
    721 benissimo well
    722 milioni million
    723 negli in
    724 bocca mouth
    725 crede believes
    726 bambina child
    727 ricevuto received
    728 dottor Dr.
    729 portare carry
    730 venite come
    731 venga is
    732 causa because
    733 trova located
    734 metti put
    735 durante during
    736 bastardo bastard
    737 potremmo we could
    738 bagno bathroom
    739 devono must
    740 guardate look
    741 vanno go
    742 soltanto only
    743 onore honor
    744 colpo shot
    745 sole sun
    746 bisogna must
    747 tornato back
    748 succedendo going
    749 zio Uncle
    750 vostri your
    751 permesso allowed
    752 torno go back
    753 voluto wanted
    754 dovete have
    755 gruppo group
    756 grandi large
    757 situazione situation
    758 genitori parents
    759 denaro money
    760 lasci leave
    761 preoccuparti worry
    762 settimane weeks
    763 venuta coming
    764 dirmi tell me
    765 york york
    766 piacerebbe would
    767 capelli hair
    768 sogno dream
    769 chiamare call
    770 giornata day
    771 addio goodbye
    772 allo to
    773 odio hate
    774 frank frank
    775 the the
    776 futuro future
    777 joe joe
    778 disse said
    779 porto port
    780 matrimonio marriage
    781 traduzione translation
    782 prigione prison
    783 do do
    784 oltre more
    785 sam sam
    786 mandato mandate
    787 pezzo piece
    788 guai trouble
    789 legge law
    790 aspetti aspects
    791 aereo plane
    792 avesse had
    793 circa about
    794 deciso decided
    795 qualunque whatever
    796 cibo food
    797 piuttosto rather
    798 prende takes
    799 sicurezza security
    800 guardi look
    801 fondo bottom
    802 scelta choice
    803 semplice simple
    804 speciale Special
    805 brava good
    806 vera TRUE
    807 occhio eye
    808 chiunque anyone
    809 usare use
    810 fame hunger
    811 vattene get out
    812 sistema system
    813 potere authority
    814 brutto bad
    815 tanti many
    816 saperlo know
    817 mattina morning
    818 vengo I come
    819 domande questions
    820 natale Christmas
    821 vecchia old
    822 mese month
    823 piacciono like
    824 nave ship
    825 ormai now
    826 provare try
    827 cambiare change
    828 funziona works
    829 www www
    830 messaggio message
    831 ottimo excellent
    832 tom tom
    833 compagnia company
    834 prossimo neighbor
    835 avvocato counsel
    836 c c
    837 assolutamente absolutely
    838 buonanotte good night
    839 ê ê
    840 incidente accident
    841 solito usual
    842 specie species
    843 glielo him
    844 peccato sin
    845 ve I
    846 pensando thinking
    847 entrambi both
    848 addosso him
    849 esercito army
    850 gentile kind
    851 radio radio
    852 servizio service
    853 sette seven
    854 finire end
    855 avrai you’ll
    856 veloce quick
    857 spesso often
    858 incredibile incredible
    859 dirlo say
    860 tv tv
    861 t t
    862 finalmente finally
    863 parti parts
    864 tante many
    865 provato established
    866 tizio someone
    867 pagare pay
    868 poteva could
    869 scena scene
    870 occhiata look
    871 segreto secret
    872 intorno about
    873 vederti see you
    874 quali which
    875 grosso thick
    876 calma calm
    877 vestiti clothes
    878 sanno know
    879 cavallo horse
    880 dirti tell
    881 carino pretty
    882 centro center
    883 conosce knows
    884 santo holy
    885 doveva had
    886 chiave wrench
    887 fallo foul
    888 morrow
    889 amica friend
    890 michael michael
    891 avrà will
    892 pieno full
    893 sesso sex
    894 libero Free
    895 grado degree
    896 freddo cold
    897 dimenticato Forgot
    898 arrivederci goodbye
    899 ritardo delay
    900 poter to
    901 andrà will
    902 sinistra left
    903 giuro I swear
    904 oro gold
    905 scoperto uncovered
    906 america america
    907 faceva was
    908 faro lighthouse
    909 cervello brain
    910 otto eight
    911 treno train
    912 david david
    913 cercato sought
    914 mare sea
    915 // / /
    916 intenzione purpose
    917 nello in
    918 tempi times
    919 completamente completely
    920 avevano had
    921 fermi firm
    922 servono serve
    923 terribile dreadful
    924 ricorda recalls
    925 lettera letter
    926 scusate sorry
    927 trovo I
    928 silenzio silence
    929 caffè Coffee
    930 scusami I’m sorry
    931 rapporto report
    932 sente feel
    933 arrivando coming
    934 nero Black
    935 d d
    936 anima soul
    937 j j
    938 aiutare support
    939 consiglio advice
    940 interessa interested
    941 rispetto than
    942 chiedere ask for
    943 maestro master
    944 laggiù over there
    945 saremo we will
    946 destra right
    947 mille thousand
    948 saputo known
    949 pronta ready
    950 partita game
    951 quante how many
    952 diritto right
    953 cambiato changed
    954 dovevo I had to
    955 realtà reality
    956 peggio worse
    957 stanotte tonight
    958 omicidio murder
    959 linea line
    960 tranquillo quiet
    961 siediti Sit
    962 diverso different
    963 alcune several
    964 governo Government
    965 impossibile impossible
    966 accidenti accidents
    967 tenente Lieutenant
    968 dolore sorrow
    969 fronte front
    970 farci us
    971 sorpresa surprise
    972 ferma stops
    973 citta city
    974 risposta reply
    975 duro hard
    976 prove evidence
    977 guardia watch
    978 normale usual
    979 aspettando waiting
    980 uh uh
    981 pubblico public
    982 vengono are
    983 vestito dress
    984 base base
    985 chiamata call
    986 porti ports
    987 miss Miss
    988 sapeva knew
    989 soli only
    990 vale worth
    991 dagli from
    992 paul paul
    993 direi I would say
    994 luogo place
    995 incontro meeting
    996 personale staff
    997 chiuso closed
    998 tenere hold
    999 manca missing
    1000 inferno Hell

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    The first step any language learner needs to take on their journey towards fluency lies in building up their vocabulary.

    If you want to learn to be fluent in Italian and have
    daily conversations with Italian speakers, the first thing you need to do is learn some of the most common words in Italian

    In this post, we’re going to help you build up your Italian vocabulary by sharing some common Italian words, their meanings, and a few important usage notes.  

    12 Common Italian Articles To Learn 

    An article is a short word that is paired with nouns. To use the common articles in Italian, you need to make sure that they
    match the gender and number of the noun.

    The gender of the noun depends on the letter they end in. Most common words in Italian that are considered masculine end with an “o”, while feminine nouns end with an “a”.

    Meanwhile, plural masculine nouns tend to end in an “i”, while plural feminine nouns end with an “e”. There will also be different rules regarding which article to use with a plural masculine noun, depending on what letter it starts with.

    Here are the six most common words in Italian that are used as masculine and feminine articles with some usage notes. 

    1. Il

    English meaning: The

    Usage notes: 

    • Masculine, singular. 

    • Place in front of a masculine noun that begins with a consonant.

    2. L’

    English meaning: The

    Usage notes: 

    • Masculine, singular.

    • Place in front of a Todomasculine noun that begins with a vowel or an “h” 

    3. Lo

    English meaning: The

    Usage notes: 

    • Masculine, singular

    • Place in front of a masculine noun that starts with:

      • An “s” followed by a consonant

      • A “z”

      • A “ps”

      • A “y”

    4. La

    English meaning: The

    Usage note: Feminine, singular

    5. L’ 

    English meaning: The

    Usage notes: 

    • Feminine, singular

    • If the feminine noun begins with a vowel

    6. I

    English meaning: The

    Usage note: Masculine, plural

    7. Gli

    English meaning: The

    Usage notes: 

    • Masculine, plural

    • If the masculine noun starts with a vowel or an “h”

    • If the masculine noun starts with:

      • An “s” followed by a consonant

      • A “z”

      • A “ps”

      • A “y”

    8. Le 

    English meaning: The

    Usage notes: Feminine, Plural

    9. Un

    English meaning: A/an

    Usage notes:

    • Before a masculine noun

    • If the word begins with a vowel

    10. Uno

    English meaning: A/an

    Usage notes: 

    • Before a masculine noun

    • If the word begins with a consonant

    11. Una

    English meaning: A/an

    Usage notes:

    • Before a feminine noun

    • If the word begins with a consonant

    12. Un’

    English meaning: A/an

    Usage notes: 

    • Before a feminine noun

    • If the word begins with a vowel or an “h”

    79 Italian Nouns You Should Start Learning

    After you’ve learned about and memorized those Italian articles, you need to move on to learning a few Italian nouns. A noun is a word that refers to a person, thing, place, or idea. Here are a few you should know.

    1. Uomo

    English meaning: Man

    2. Donna

    English meaning: Women

    3. Persona

    English meaning:  People

    4. Bambino 

    English meaning: Kid

    5. Amico/a

    English meaning: Friend

    Usage Note: “Amico” if you are referring to a male, “amica” if you are talking about a female

    6. Famiglia

    English meaning: Family

    7. Madre

    English meaning: Mother

    8. Padre

    English meaning: Father

    9. Sorella

    English meaning: Sister

    10. Fratello

    English meaning: Brother

    11. Marito

    English meaning: Husband

    12. Moglie

    English meaning: Wife

    13. Figlio

    English meaning: Son

    14. Figla

    English meaning: Daughter

    15. Capo

    English meaning: Boss

    16. Governo

    English meaning: Government

    17. Prodotto

    English meaning: Product

    18. Mondo

    English meaning: World

    19. Paese

    English meaning: Country

    20. Citta 

    English meaning: City

    21. Strada

    English meaning: Road

    22. Casa

    English meaning: House

    23. Sala

    English meaning: Room

    24. Ufficio

    English meaning: Office

    25. Bagno

    English meaning: Bathroom

    26. Cucina

    English meaning: Kitchen

    27. Posto

    English meaning: Place

    28. Porta

    English meaning: Door

    29. Aria

    English meaning: Air

    30. Luce

    English meaning: Light

    31. Sole

    English meaning: Sun

    32. Acqua

    English meaning: Water

    33. Mare

    English meaning: Sea

    34. Natura

    English meaning: Nature

    35. Albero

    English meaning: Tree

    36. Fiore

    English meaning: Flower

    37. Animale

    English meaning: Animal

    38. Fuoco

    English meaning: Fire

    39. Terra 

    English meaning: Ground

    40. Vento

    English meaning: Wind

    41. Caffè

    English meaning: Coffee 

    42. Birra

    English meaning: Beer

    43. Vino

    English meaning: Wine

    44. Scarpa

    English meaning: Shoe

    45. Camicia

    English meaning: Shirt

    46. Vita

    English meaning: Life

    47. Mente

    English meaning: Mind

    48. Voce

    English meaning: Voice

    49. Mano

    English meaning: Hand

    50. Piede

    English meaning: Foot

    51. Testa

    English meaning: Head

    52. Occhio

    English meaning: Eye

    53. Naso

    English meaning: Nose

    54. Bocca

    English meaning: Mouth 

    55. Macchina

    English meaning: Car

    56. Aereo

    English meaning: Plane

    57. Anno

    English meaning: Year

    58. Mese

    English meaning: Month

    59. Settimana

    English meaning: Week

    60. Giorno 

    English meaning: Day

    61. Tempo

    English meaning: Time

    62. Notte 

    English meaning: Night

    63. Ieri 

    English meaning: Yesterday

    64. Oggi 

    English meaning: Today

    65. Domani

    English meaning: Tomorrow

    66. Lavoro

    English meaning: Job

    67. Nome

    English meaning: Name

    68. Fatto

    English meaning: Fact

    69. Storia

    English meaning: Story

    70. Regione

    English meaning: Reason

    71. Festa

    English meaning: Party

    72. Gioco

    English meaning: Game

    73. Prova

    English meaning: Test

    74. Posizione

    English meaning: Position

    75. Recordo

    English meaning: Memory

    76. Politica

    English meaning: Politics

    77. Prezzo

    English meaning: Price

    78. Fame

    English meaning: Hunger

    79. Sete

    English meaning: Thirst

    8 Common Pronouns In Italian

    Another important group of words to learn in Italian are pronouns. Pronouns are words that are used to replace nouns. Here are some common ones you need to know.

    1. Io 

    English meaning: I

    2. Tu

    English meaning: You

    3. Lei

    English meaning: You

    Usage note: Formal version of “you”

    4. Voi

    English meaning: You

    Usage note: When you are replacing a plural noun

    5. Lui 

    English meaning: He

    6. Lei

    English meaning: She

    7. Noi

    English meaning: We

    8. Loro

    English meaning: They

    59 Common Verbs In Italian To Learn

    Verbs are words that describe an action. So, if you want to form proper sentences in Italian, you need to learn a few common verbs.

    1. Essere

    English meaning: To be

    2. Sono 

    English meaning: I am

    3. Sei

    English meaning: You are

    4. È

    English meaning: He/she is

    5. Siamo

    English meaning: We are 

    6. Siete

    English meaning: You are

    Usage note: Plural

    7. Sono

    English meaning: They are

    8. Avere

    English meaning: To have

    9. Stare

    English meaning: To stay

    10. Fare

    English meaning: To do/make

    11. Avare

    English meaning: To have

    12. Potere

    English meaning: To be able to

    13. Volere

    English meaning: To want

    14. Dovere

    English meaning: To have to

    15. Parlare

    English meaning: To speak

    16. Dire

    English meaning: To say

    17. Vedere

    English meaning: To see

    18. Sapere

    English meaning: To know

    19. Comprare

    English meaning: To buy

    20. Mangiare

    English meaning: To eat

    21. Mettere 

    English meaning: To put

    22. Prendere

    English meaning: To take

    23. Sentire

    English meaning: To sense

    24. Ascoltare

    English meaning: To listen

    25. Andare 

    English meaning: To go

    26. Pensare

    English meaning: To think

    27. Venire

    English meaning: To go

    28. Dare

    English meaning: To give

    29. Trovare

    English meaning: To find

    30. Guardare

    English meaning: To watch

    31. Portare

    English meaning: To bring

    32. Tornare

    English meaning: To come back

    33. Cercare

    English meaning: To look for

    34. Aspettare

    English meaning: To wait

    35. Arrivare

    English meaning: To arrive

    36. Camminare

    English meaning: To walk

    37. Domandare

    English meaning: To ask

    38. Spiegare

    English meaning: To explain

    39. Mostrare

    English meaning: to show

    40. Giudicare

    English meaning: To judge

    41. Desiderare

    English meaning: To wish

    42. Vivere

    English meaning: To live

    43. Tenere

    English meaning: to keep

    44. Bere

    English meaning: To drink

    45. Chiedere

    English meaning: To ask

    46. Rispondere

    English meaning: To answer

    47. Conoscere

    English meaning: To know 

    48. Raggiungere

    English meaning: To reach

    49. Muovere

    English meaning: To move

    50. Ottenere

    English meaning: To obtain

    51. Ammettere

    English meaning: To admit

    52. Vendere

    English meaning: To sell

    53. Rompere

    English meaning: To break

    54. Discutere

    English meaning: To discuss

    55. Capire

    English meaning: To understand

    56. Aprire

    English meaning: To open

    57. Uscire

    English meaning: To go out

    58. Scrivere

    English meaning: To write

    59. Dormire

    English meaning: To sleep

    30 Common Italian Adjectives To Learn And Use

    An adjective is a word that can be used to
    describe a noun. It describes a quality that the noun has or its state of being. 

    Adjectives, like pronouns, need to agree with the name and gender of the noun they are describing. Also, in Italian, the adjective will come after the noun. This is different from English, where the adjective comes before the noun.

    1. Conento

    English meaning: Happy

    2. Triste

    English meaning: Sad

    3. Alto 

    English meaning: Tall

    4. Basso

    English meaning: Short

    5. Bello/a

    English meaning: Beautiful

    Usage note: “Bello” for a masculine noun, “bella” for the feminine

    6. Brutto

    English meaning: Ugly

    7. Caldo

    English meaning: Hot

    8. Freddo

    English meaning: Cold

    9. Buono/a

    English meaning: Good

    Usage note: “Buono” for masculine noun, “buona” for a feminine noun

    10. Pulito

    English meaning: Clean

    11. Sporco

    English meaning: Dirty 

    12. Vecchio/a

    English meaning: Old

    Usage note: “Vecchio” for a masculine noun, “vecchia” for a feminine noun

    13. Giovane

    English meaning: Young

    14. Grande

    English meaning: Big

    15. Poco/a

    English meaning: Little 

    Usage note: “Poco” for a masculine noun, “poco” for a feminine noun

    16. Tutto/a

    English meaning: All

    Usage note: “Tutto” for a masculine noun, “tutta” for a feminine noun.

    17. Ogni

    English meaning: Each

    18. Qualsiasi

    English meaning: Any

    19. Qualche

    English meaning: Some

    20. Certo/a

    English meaning: Sure

    Usage note: “Certo” for a masculine noun, “certa” for a feminine noun

    21. Nuovo/a

    English meaning: New

    Usage note: “Nuovo” for a masculine noun, “nuova” for a feminine noun

    22. Povero/a

    English meaning: Poor

    Usage note: “Povero” for a masculine noun, “povera” for a feminine noun

    23. Nero/a

    English meaning: Black

    Usage note: “Nero” for a masculine noun, “nera” for a feminine noun

    24. Bianco/a

    English meaning: White

    Usage note: “Bianco” for a masculine noun, “bianca” for a feminine noun

    25. Impossibile

    English meaning: Impossible

    26. Normale

    English meaning: Normal

    27. Stupido/a

    English meaning: Stupid

    Usage note: “Stupido” for a masculine noun, “stupida” for a feminine noun

    28. Interessante

    English meaning: Interesting

    29. Sottile

    English meaning: Thin

    30. Rapido/a

    English meaning: Fast

    Usage note: “Rapido” for masculine noun, “rapida” for a feminine noun

    22 Common Italian Adverbs To Learn

    An adverb is also a modifying word, so it tells you something about another word. Adverbs describe verbs, but they can also be used to describe a quality or state of being of an adjective or another adverb.

    1. Fuori 

    English meaning: Outside

    2. Dentro 

    English meaning: Inside

    3. Sotto 

    English meaning: Under

    4. Davanti 

    English meaning: In front

    5. Dietro 

    English meaning: Behind

    6. Qui 

    English meaning: Here

    Usage note: When talking about a precise location

    7. Qua 

    English meaning: Here

    Usage note: When talking about an imprecise location

    8. Lì 

    English meaning: There

    Usage note: When talking about a precise location

    9. Là 

    English meaning: There

    Usage note: When talking about an imprecise location

    10. Via 

    English meaning: Away

    11. Lontano 

    English meaning: Far

    12. Vicino 

    English meaning: Close

    13. Più 

    English meaning: More

    14. Meno 

    English meaning: Less

    15. Solo 

    English meaning: Only

    16. Quasi 

    English meaning: Almost

    17. Poi

    English meaning: Then

    18. Adresso

    English meaning: Now

    19. Sempre

    English meaning: Always

    20. Prima

    English meaning: Before

    21. Dopo

    English meaning: After

    22. Forse

    English meaning: Maybe

    8 Italian Words For Asking Questions

    You should also learn these eight words that you can use to ask questions in Italian. 

    1. Chi 

    English meaning: Who

    2. Che 

    English meaning: What 

    3. Cosa

    English meaning: What

    4. Dove 

    English meaning: Where

    5. Quando 

    English meaning: When

    6. Come 

    English meaning: How

    7. Perché 

    English meaning: Why

    8. Quale 

    English meaning: Which

    Conclusion

    After you’ve learned some common words in Italian, you can begin to start learning some common Italian phrases and
    even some Italian idioms. 

    The best way to make sure that you learn how to properly use Italian words in conversation, however, is to work on word lists such as this one with an online native
    Italian-speaking tutor.

    Going through them with a native speaker is a great way to ensure that you can better grasp the word’s meanings and uses and help prepare you for having daily conversations in Italian. 

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    The Italian language is considered to be one of the most musical and soothing languages in the world. It is also considered the most beautiful language made up of around 450,000 words approximately.

    This huge number may look frightening and you must be considering it extremely hard to learn Italian words but this is truly not the case. In order to be fluent in the Italian language, you only need to know only five percent of the basic Italian words.

    This means that by focusing on the most common Italian words, you will become quite fluent with the language in a short period of time. Is not it encouraging enough to learn the most common and easy Italian words? Memorizing the most common 1000 Italian words will make you able to understand around 75% of the Italian text.

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    The most interesting and exciting fact about the Italian language is that every new word that you will learn make you guess the meaning of other 135 to 140 words that you have not even heard or seen before. This means that by only knowing 1000 most common Italian words you can learn around 135,000 words. Isn’t it interesting?

    The 100 most commonly used Italian Nouns

    Knowing nouns are an essential part of learning any foreign language. For instance, the noun ‘Banana’ and ‘eat’ will make your point clear instead of using words like ‘yellow’ and ‘this’.

    The most commonly used Italian word is cosa. Cosa has many meanings in the English language such as, ‘what’, ‘thing’ and ‘matter’ etc. Its meaning totally depends upon the grammar, structure of the sentence, and the context in which the sentence is being used.

    For instance,

    • Cosa vuoi? It means ‘what do you want. Here cosa is used as a pronoun.
    • Dammi la cosa rossa. It means “Give me the red thing.” In this sentence, cosa is a feminine used as a thing.
    • Spiegami come funziona questo coso. In this sentence, coso means “Teach me how this thing works.” Coso as a masculine used as a thing (coso is used in informal terms, you will learn to differentiate between cosa and coso with time and practice).

    Knowing only these few ways of using cosa in a sentence can make you learn the basics of the Italian language. It will make you learn why this particular word comes in the list of most widely and frequently used Italian nouns.

    Knowing the use of this most commonly used noun will make you able to vaguely explain the meaning that what you are trying to say in Italian. It will make you speak almost half of what you actually want to say.

    Below are the 99 nouns other than cosa. Some of them are not frequently used and are not part of the list of most common Italian words.

    The 10 most commonly used Italian Nouns (Places)

    • casa – “house” or ”home”
    • paese – “country” or “town”
    • mondo – “world”
    • città – “city”
    • strada – “road”
    • piazza – “square”
    • sala – “room”
    • ufficio – “office”
    • zona – “zone”
    • isola – “island”

    Bonus word: posto – “place”

    The 10 most commonly used Italian Nouns (Time-based)

    • anno – “year”
    • giorno – “day”
    • volta – “time” in the sense of “occasion”
    • tempo – “time”
    • ora – “hour”
    • momento – “moment”
    • notte – “night”
    • sera – “evening”
    • mese – “month”
    • periodo – “period” or “interval”

    Bonus words:

    • ieri – “yesterday”
    • oggi – “today”
    • domani – “tomorrow”
    • minuto – “minute”

    The 11 most commonly used Italian Nouns (People)

    • uomo – “man”
    • donna – “woman”
    • signore/a – “sir”/“madam” or “man”/“woman”.
    • padre – “father”
    • figlio/a – “son”/“daughter”
    • persona – “person”
    • gente – “people”
    • amico/a – “friend”
    • famiglia – “family”
    • nemico/a – “enemy”
    • sorella – “sister”

    Bonus word: madre – “mother”

    The 10 most commonly used Italian Nouns (Nature)

    • acqua – “water”
    • aria – “air”
    • mare – “sea”
    • luce – “light”
    • sole – “sun”
    • albero – “tree”
    • fiore – “flower”
    • natura – “nature”
    • fuoco – “fire”
    • campagna – “(the) country”

    Bonus words:

    • terra – “land” or “ground”, “Earth” when it is written with a capital “T”.
    • vento – “wind”

    The 8 most commonly used Italian Nouns (Anatomy)

    • vita – “life”
    • mano – “hand”
    • occhio – “eye”
    • parte – “part”
    • voce – “voice”
    • piede – “foot”
    • testa – “head”
    • mente – “mind”

    Bonus words:

    • bocca – “mouth”
    • gamba – “leg”
    • braccio – “arm”

    The 100 most commonly used Italian Verbs

    Verbs are about doing a particular action. The action can be related to anything such as walking, running, eating and drinking, etc. if anyone else is doing a particular task even then the verb is involved in the sentence.

    You will see the use of verbs in almost every Italian sentence. That is why it is very important for you to know about the Italian verbs while learning Italian. Learning the most commonly used 100 Italian verbs will make you have a conversation in Italian with ease.

    Top 10 most commonly used Italian Verbs

    • fare – “to do”
    • dire – “to say”
    • potere – “to can” or “to be able to”
    • volere – “to want”
    • sapere – “to know”
    • stare – “to stay”
    • dovere – “to must” or “to have to”
    • vedere – “to see”
    • andare – “to go”
    • venire – “to come

    The rest of the 88 most commonly used verbs are divided in three groups depending upon the category in which they fall.

    First group of verbs

    • dare – “to give”
    • parlare – “to speak”
    • trovare – “to find”
    • lasciare – “to let go” or “to leave”
    • guardare – “to watch”
    • pensare – “to think”
    • passare – “to pass”
    • portare – “to bring”
    • tornare – “to come back”
    • sembrare – “to seem”
    • chiamare – “to call”
    • cercare – “to look for”
    • entrare – “to enter”
    • ricordare – “to remember”
    • aspettare – “to wait”
    • arrivare – “to arrive”
    • diventare – “to become”
    • mangiare – “to eat”
    • camminare – “to walk”
    • toccare – “to touch”
    • considerare – “to consider”
    • mandare – “to send”
    • domandare – “to ask”
    • ascoltare – “to listen”
    • osservare – “to observe”
    • spiegare – “to explain”
    • mostrare – “to show”
    • significare – “to mean”
    • desiderare – “to wish”
    • giudicare – “to judge”
    • avvicinare – “to approach”
    • ordinare – “to organize”
    • invitare – “to invite”
    • sbagliare – “to make a mistake”

    Second group of verbs

    • prendere – “to take”
    • mettere – “to put”
    • credere – “to believe”
    • vivere – “to live”
    • parere – “to seem”
    • tenere – “to keep”
    • rispondere – “to answer”
    • chiudere – “to close”
    • bere – “to drink”
    • raggiungere – “to reach”
    • comprendere – “to understand”
    • scendere – “to get off”
    • compiere – “to accomplish”
    • muovere – “to move”
    • conoscere – “to know”
    • chiedere – “to ask”
    • stringere – “to tighten”
    • decidere – “to decide”
    • ricevere – “to receive”
    • permettere – “to allow”
    • raccogliere – “to pick up”
    • ottenere – “to obtain”
    • ammettere – “to admit”
    • vendere – “to sell”
    • distinguere – “to distinguish”
    • offendere – “to offend”
    • rimettere – “to replace”
    • rompere – “to break”
    • godere – “to enjoy”
    • imporre – “to impose”
    • produrre – “to produce”
    • discutere – “to discuss” or “to argue” spegnere
    • prevedere – “to foresee”
    • spegnere – “to turn off” or “to put out”

    Third group of verbs

    • sentire – “to feel”
    • capire – “to understand”
    • morire – “to die”
    • aprire – “to open”
    • uscire – “to go out”
    • riuscire – “to succeed”
    • finire – “to end”
    • scrivere – “to write”
    • dormire – “to sleep”
    • avvenire – “to happen”
    • offrire – “to offer”
    • fuggire – “to flee”
    • riferire – “to refer”
    • impedire – “to prevent”
    • divertire – “to entertain”
    • fornire – “to provide”
    • riempire – “to fill”
    • scoprire – “to discover”
    • partire – “to leave”
    • unire – “to unite”
    • colpire – “to hit”

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    The Italian language has great influence over culture, music, cuisine, and literature. Learning this language will give you the opportunity to understand the Italian culture that is rich in terms of art, craft, and music.

    The fun fact is the Italian language is very easy to learn. It has very short words, that are very easy to pronounce and even easier to memorize. We focus on the most commonly used Italian words, the words that you will be using the most while speaking Italian.

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    Number Italian in English
    1 come as
    2 io I
    3 il suo his
    4 che that
    5 lui he
    6 era was
    7 per for
    8 su on
    9 sono are
    10 con with
    11 essi they
    12 essere be
    13 a at
    14 uno one
    15 avere have
    16 questo this
    17 da from
    18 da by
    19 caldo hot
    20 parola word
    21 ma but
    22 cosa what
    23 alcuni some
    24 è is
    25 esso it
    26 voi you
    27 o or
    28 aveva had
    29 il the
    30 di of
    31 a to
    32 e and
    33 un a
    34 in in
    35 noi we
    36 lattina can
    37 fuori out
    38 altro other
    39 erano were
    40 che which
    41 fare do
    42 loro their
    43 tempo time
    44 se if
    45 volontà will
    46 come how
    47 suddetto said
    48 un an
    49 ogni each
    50 dire tell
    51 fa does
    52 set set
    53 tre three
    54 desiderare want
    55 aria air
    56 bene well
    57 anche also
    58 giocare play
    59 piccolo small
    60 fine end
    61 mettere put
    62 casa home
    63 leggere read
    64 mano hand
    65 porto port
    66 grande large
    67 compitare spell
    68 aggiungere add
    69 anche even
    70 terra land
    71 qui here
    72 mosto must
    73 grande big
    74 alto high
    75 tale such
    76 seguire follow
    77 atto act
    78 perché why
    79 chiedere ask
    80 maschi men
    81 cambiamento change
    82 è andato went
    83 luce light
    84 tipo kind
    85 spento off
    86 bisogno need
    87 casa house
    88 immagine picture
    89 provare try
    90 noi us
    91 di nuovo again
    92 animale animal
    93 punto point
    94 madre mother
    95 mondo world
    96 vicino near
    97 costruire build
    98 se stesso self
    99 terra earth
    100 padre father
    101 qualsiasi any
    102 nuovo new
    103 lavoro work
    104 parte part
    105 prendere take
    106 ottenere get
    107 posto place
    108 fatto made
    109 vivere live
    110 dove where
    111 dopo after
    112 indietro back
    113 poco little
    114 solo only
    115 turno round
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    118 è venuto came
    119 spettacolo show
    120 ogni every
    121 buono good
    122 me me
    123 dare give
    124 il nostro our
    125 sotto under
    126 nome name
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    128 attraverso through
    129 solo just
    130 forma form
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    133 pensare think
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    143 prima before
    144 spostare move
    145 diritto right
    146 ragazzo boy
    147 vecchio old
    148 troppo too
    149 stesso same
    150 lei she
    151 tutto all
    152 ci there
    153 quando when
    154 su up
    155 uso use
    156 il tuo your
    157 modo way
    158 circa about
    159 molti many
    160 allora then
    161 loro them
    162 scrivere write
    163 sarebbe would
    164 come like
    165 così so
    166 queste these
    167 lei her
    168 lungo long
    169 rendere make
    170 cosa thing
    171 vedere see
    172 lui him
    173 due two
    174 ha has
    175 guardare look
    176 di più more
    177 giorno day
    178 potuto could
    179 andare go
    180 venire come
    181 ha fatto did
    182 numero number
    183 suono sound
    184 no no
    185 più most
    186 persone people
    187 il mio my
    188 oltre over
    189 sapere know
    190 acqua water
    191 di than
    192 chiamata call
    193 primo first
    194 che who
    195 può may
    196 giù down
    197 lato side
    198 stato been
    199 ora now
    200 trovare find
    201 testa head
    202 stare in piedi stand
    203 proprio own
    204 pagina page
    205 dovrebbe should
    206 paese country
    207 fondare found
    208 risposta answer
    209 scuola school
    210 crescere grow
    211 studio study
    212 ancora still
    213 imparare learn
    214 impianto plant
    215 copertura cover
    216 cibo food
    217 sole sun
    218 quattro four
    219 fra between
    220 stato state
    221 mantenere keep
    222 occhio eye
    223 mai never
    224 ultimo last
    225 lasciare let
    226 pensiero thought
    227 città city
    228 albero tree
    229 attraversare cross
    230 fattoria farm
    231 difficile hard
    232 inizio start
    233 forza might
    234 storia story
    235 sega saw
    236 lontano far
    237 mare sea
    238 disegnare draw
    239 sinistra left
    240 tardi late
    241 run run
    242 non don’t
    243 mentre while
    244 stampa press
    245 close close
    246 notte night
    247 reale real
    248 vita life
    249 pochi few
    250 nord north
    251 libro book
    252 portare carry
    253 ha preso took
    254 scienza science
    255 mangiare eat
    256 camera room
    257 amico friend
    258 ha iniziato began
    259 idea idea
    260 pesce fish
    261 montagna mountain
    262 stop stop
    263 una volta once
    264 base base
    265 sentire hear
    266 cavallo horse
    267 taglio cut
    268 sicuro sure
    269 orologio watch
    270 colore color
    271 volto face
    272 legno wood
    273 principale main
    274 aperto open
    275 sembrare seem
    276 insieme together
    277 prossimo next
    278 bianco white
    279 bambini children
    280 inizio begin
    281 ottenuto got
    282 camminare walk
    283 esempio example
    284 alleviare ease
    285 carta paper
    286 gruppo group
    287 sempre always
    288 musica music
    289 quelli those
    290 entrambi both
    291 marchio mark
    292 spesso often
    293 lettera letter
    294 fino a quando until
    295 miglio mile
    296 fiume river
    297 auto car
    298 piedi feet
    299 cura care
    300 secondo second
    301 abbastanza enough
    302 pianura plain
    303 ragazza girl
    304 solito usual
    305 giovane young
    306 pronto ready
    307 sopra above
    308 mai ever
    309 rosso red
    310 elenco list
    311 anche se though
    312 sentire feel
    313 Discussioni talk
    314 uccello bird
    315 presto soon
    316 corpo body
    317 cane dog
    318 famiglia family
    319 diretto direct
    320 posa pose
    321 lasciare leave
    322 canzone song
    323 misurare measure
    324 porta door
    325 prodotto product
    326 nero black
    327 breve short
    328 numerale numeral
    329 classe class
    330 vento wind
    331 domanda question
    332 accadere happen
    333 integrale complete
    334 nave ship
    335 area area
    336 metà half
    337 rock rock
    338 ordine order
    339 fuoco fire
    340 sud south
    341 problema problem
    342 pezzo piece
    343 ha detto told
    344 sapeva knew
    345 passare pass
    346 da since
    347 top top
    348 tutto whole
    349 re king
    350 strada street
    351 pollice inch
    352 moltiplicare multiply
    353 niente nothing
    354 corso course
    355 soggiornare stay
    356 ruota wheel
    357 completo full
    358 vigore force
    359 blu blue
    360 oggetto object
    361 decidere decide
    362 superficie surface
    363 profondità deep
    364 luna moon
    365 isola island
    366 piede foot
    367 sistema system
    368 occupato busy
    369 test test
    370 record record
    371 barca boat
    372 comune common
    373 oro gold
    374 possibile possible
    375 piano plane
    376 vece stead
    377 asciutto dry
    378 meraviglia wonder
    379 ridere laugh
    380 migliaia thousand
    381 fa ago
    382 corse ran
    383 controllare check
    384 gioco game
    385 forma shape
    386 uguagliare equate
    387 caldo hot
    388 perdere miss
    389 portato brought
    390 calore heat
    391 neve snow
    392 pneumatico tire
    393 portare bring
    394 yes
    395 lontano distant
    396 riempire fill
    397 est east
    398 dipingere paint
    399 lingua language
    400 tra among
    401 unità unit
    402 potenza power
    403 città town
    404 fine fine
    405 certo certain
    406 volare fly
    407 cadere fall
    408 portare lead
    409 grido cry
    410 scuro dark
    411 macchina machine
    412 nota note
    413 aspettare wait
    414 piano plan
    415 figura figure
    416 stella star
    417 scatola box
    418 sostantivo noun
    419 campo field
    420 resto rest
    421 corretto correct
    422 in grado di able
    423 libbra pound
    424 done done
    425 bellezza beauty
    426 unità drive
    427 sorgeva stood
    428 contenere contain
    429 frontale front
    430 insegnare teach
    431 settimana week
    432 finale final
    433 ha dato gave
    434 verde green
    435 oh oh
    436 veloce quick
    437 sviluppare develop
    438 oceano ocean
    439 caldo warm
    440 gratuito free
    441 minuto minute
    442 forte strong
    443 speciale special
    444 mente mind
    445 dietro behind
    446 chiaro clear
    447 coda tail
    448 produrre produce
    449 fatto fact
    450 spazio space
    451 sentito heard
    452 migliore best
    453 ora hour
    454 meglio better
    455 vero TRUE
    456 durante during
    457 cento hundred
    458 cinque five
    459 ricordare remember
    460 passo step
    461 presto early
    462 tenere hold
    463 ovest west
    464 terra ground
    465 interesse interest
    466 raggiungere reach
    467 veloce fast
    468 verbo verb
    469 cantare sing
    470 ascoltare listen
    471 sei six
    472 tavolo table
    473 viaggi travel
    474 meno less
    475 mattina morning
    476 dieci ten
    477 semplice simple
    478 alcuni several
    479 vocale vowel
    480 verso toward
    481 guerra war
    482 porre lay
    483 contro against
    484 modello pattern
    485 lento slow
    486 centro center
    487 amore love
    488 persona person
    489 soldi money
    490 servire serve
    491 apparire appear
    492 strada road
    493 mappa map
    494 pioggia rain
    495 regola rule
    496 governare govern
    497 tirare pull
    498 freddo cold
    499 avviso notice
    500 voce voice
    501 energia energy
    502 caccia hunt
    503 probabile probable
    504 letto bed
    505 fratello brother
    506 uovo egg
    507 giro ride
    508 cella cell
    509 credere believe
    510 forse perhaps
    511 scegliere pick
    512 improvviso sudden
    513 contare count
    514 piazza square
    515 motivo reason
    516 lunghezza length
    517 rappresentare represent
    518 arte art
    519 soggetto subject
    520 regione region
    521 dimensione size
    522 variare vary
    523 risolvere settle
    524 parlare speak
    525 peso weight
    526 generale general
    527 ghiaccio ice
    528 materia matter
    529 cerchio circle
    530 coppia pair
    531 includere include
    532 divide divide
    533 sillaba syllable
    534 feltro felt
    535 grande grand
    536 palla ball
    537 ancora yet
    538 onda wave
    539 cadere drop
    540 cuore heart
    541 am am
    542 presente present
    543 pesante heavy
    544 danza dance
    545 motore engine
    546 posizione position
    547 braccio arm
    548 ampio wide
    549 vela sail
    550 materiale material
    551 frazione fraction
    552 foresta forest
    553 sedersi sit
    554 gara race
    555 finestra window
    556 negozio store
    557 estate summer
    558 treno train
    559 sonno sleep
    560 dimostrare prove
    561 solitario lone
    562 gamba leg
    563 esercizio exercise
    564 muro wall
    565 prendere catch
    566 monte mount
    567 desiderio wish
    568 cielo sky
    569 pensione board
    570 gioia joy
    571 inverno winter
    572 sat sat
    573 scritto written
    574 selvaggio wild
    575 strumento instrument
    576 tenere kept
    577 vetro glass
    578 erba grass
    579 mucca cow
    580 lavoro job
    581 bordo edge
    582 segno sign
    583 visita visit
    584 passato past
    585 morbido soft
    586 divertimento fun
    587 luminoso bright
    588 gas gas
    589 tempo weather
    590 mese month
    591 milione million
    592 sopportare bear
    593 finitura finish
    594 felice happy
    595 speranza hope
    596 fiore flower
    597 vestire clothe
    598 strano strange
    599 gone gone
    600 commercio trade
    601 melodia melody
    602 viaggio trip
    603 ufficio office
    604 ricevere receive
    605 fila row
    606 bocca mouth
    607 esatto exact
    608 simbolo symbol
    609 morire die
    610 meno least
    611 difficoltà trouble
    612 shout shout
    613 tranne except
    614 ha scritto wrote
    615 seme seed
    616 tono tone
    617 aderire join
    618 suggerire suggest
    619 pulito clean
    620 pausa break
    621 signora lady
    622 cantiere yard
    623 salire rise
    624 male bad
    625 colpo blow
    626 olio oil
    627 sangue blood
    628 toccare touch
    629 è cresciuto grew
    630 cent cent
    631 mescolare mix
    632 team team
    633 filo wire
    634 costo cost
    635 perso lost
    636 marrone brown
    637 indossare wear
    638 giardino garden
    639 pari equal
    640 inviato sent
    641 scegliere choose
    642 caduto fell
    643 adattarsi fit
    644 flusso flow
    645 fiera fair
    646 banca bank
    647 raccogliere collect
    648 salvare save
    649 controllo control
    650 decimale decimal
    651 orecchio ear
    652 altro else
    653 abbastanza quite
    654 rotto broke
    655 caso case
    656 mezzo middle
    657 uccidere kill
    658 figlio son
    659 lago lake
    660 momento moment
    661 scala scale
    662 forte loud
    663 primavera spring
    664 osservare observe
    665 bambino child
    666 dritto straight
    667 consonante consonant
    668 nazione nation
    669 dizionario dictionary
    670 latte milk
    671 velocità speed
    672 metodo method
    673 organo organ
    674 pagare pay
    675 età age
    676 sezione section
    677 vestito dress
    678 nube cloud
    679 sorpresa surprise
    680 tranquillo quiet
    681 pietra stone
    682 piccolo tiny
    683 salita climb
    684 fresco cool
    685 design design
    686 povero poor
    687 lotto lot
    688 esperimento experiment
    689 fondo bottom
    690 chiave key
    691 ferro iron
    692 singolo single
    693 bastone stick
    694 appartamento flat
    695 venti twenty
    696 pelle skin
    697 sorriso smile
    698 piega crease
    699 foro hole
    700 salto jump
    701 bambino baby
    702 otto eight
    703 villaggio village
    704 si incontrano meet
    705 radice root
    706 acquistare buy
    707 aumentare raise
    708 risolvere solve
    709 metallo metal
    710 se whether
    711 spingere push
    712 sette seven
    713 paragrafo paragraph
    714 terzo third
    715 deve shall
    716 tenuto held
    717 capelli hair
    718 descrivere describe
    719 cuoco cook
    720 piano floor
    721 o either
    722 risultato result
    723 bruciare burn
    724 collina hill
    725 sicuro safe
    726 gatto cat
    727 secolo century
    728 considerare consider
    729 tipo type
    730 legge law
    731 bit bit
    732 costa coast
    733 copia copy
    734 frase phrase
    735 silenzioso silent
    736 alto tall
    737 sabbia sand
    738 suolo soil
    739 rotolo roll
    740 temperatura temperature
    741 dito finger
    742 industria industry
    743 valore value
    744 lotta fight
    745 bugia lie
    746 battere beat
    747 eccitare excite
    748 naturale natural
    749 vista view
    750 senso sense
    751 capitale capital
    752 non sarà won’t
    753 sedia chair
    754 pericolo danger
    755 frutta fruit
    756 ricco rich
    757 spesso thick
    758 soldato soldier
    759 processo process
    760 operare operate
    761 pratica practice
    762 separato separate
    763 difficile difficult
    764 medico doctor
    765 per favore please
    766 proteggere protect
    767 mezzogiorno noon
    768 raccolto crop
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    771 colpire hit
    772 studente student
    773 angolo corner
    774 partito party
    775 fornitura supply
    776 la cui whose
    777 individuare locate
    778 anello ring
    779 carattere character
    780 insetto insect
    781 catturato caught
    782 periodo period
    783 indicare indicate
    784 radio radio
    785 raggio spoke
    786 atomo atom
    787 umano human
    788 storia history
    789 effetto effect
    790 elettrico electric
    791 aspettare expect
    792 osso bone
    793 ferrovia rail
    794 immaginare imagine
    795 fornire provide
    796 concordare agree
    797 così thus
    798 dolce gentle
    799 donna woman
    800 capitano captain
    801 indovinare guess
    802 necessario necessary
    803 tagliente sharp
    804 ala wing
    805 creare create
    806 prossimo neighbor
    807 lavaggio wash
    808 pipistrello bat
    809 piuttosto rather
    810 folla crowd
    811 mais corn
    812 confrontare compare
    813 poesia poem
    814 stringa string
    815 campana bell
    816 dipendere depend
    817 carne meat
    818 strofinare rub
    819 tubo tube
    820 famoso famous
    921 dollaro dollar
    822 ruscello stream
    823 paura fear
    284 vista sight
    825 sottile thin
    826 triangolo triangle
    827 pianeta planet
    828 fretta hurry
    829 capo chief
    830 colonia colony
    831 orologio clock
    832 miniera mine
    833 cravatta tie
    834 inserire enter
    835 maggiore major
    836 fresco fresh
    837 ricerca search
    838 inviare send
    839 giallo yellow
    840 pistola gun
    841 consentire allow
    842 stampa print
    843 morto dead
    844 spot spot
    845 deserto desert
    846 tuta suit
    847 corrente current
    848 ascensore lift
    840 rosa rose
    850 arrivare arrive
    851 master master
    852 pista track
    853 genitore parent
    854 riva shore
    855 divisione division
    856 foglio sheet
    857 sostanza substance
    858 favorire favor
    859 collegare connect
    860 Messaggio post
    861 spendere spend
    862 accordo chord
    863 grasso fat
    864 felice glad
    865 originale original
    866 quota share
    867 stazione station
    868 papà dad
    869 pane bread
    870 carica charge
    871 corretto proper
    872 bar bar
    873 offerta offer
    874 segmento segment
    875 schiavo slave
    876 anatra duck
    877 immediato instant
    878 mercato market
    879 grado degree
    880 popolare populate
    881 pulcino chick
    882 caro dear
    883 nemico enemy
    884 rispondere reply
    885 bevanda drink
    886 verificarsi occur
    887 supporto support
    888 discorso speech
    889 natura nature
    890 gamma range
    891 vapore steam
    892 moto motion
    893 sentiero path
    894 liquido liquid
    895 log log
    896 significava meant
    897 quoziente quotient
    898 denti teeth
    899 guscio shell
    900 collo neck
    901 ossigeno oxygen
    902 zucchero sugar
    903 morte death
    904 piuttosto pretty
    905 abilità skill
    906 donne women
    907 stagione season
    908 soluzione solution
    909 magnete magnet
    910 argento silver
    911 grazie thank
    912 ramo branch
    913 partita match
    914 suffisso suffix
    915 particolarmente especially
    916 fico fig
    917 impaurito afraid
    918 enorme huge
    919 sorella sister
    920 acciaio steel
    921 discutere discuss
    922 avanti forward
    923 simile similar
    924 guidare guide
    925 esperienza experience
    926 punteggio score
    927 mela apple
    928 comprato bought
    929 portato led
    930 pece pitch
    931 cappotto coat
    932 massa mass
    933 scheda card
    934 banda band
    935 corda rope
    936 slittamento slip
    937 vittoria win
    938 sognare dream
    939 sera evening
    940 condizione condition
    941 alimentazione feed
    942 strumento tool
    943 totale total
    944 di base basic
    945 odore smell
    946 valle valley
    947 nor
    948 doppio double
    949 sedile seat
    950 continuare continue
    951 blocco block
    952 grafico chart
    953 cappello hat
    954 vendere sell
    955 successo success
    956 azienda company
    957 sottrarre subtract
    958 evento event
    959 particolare particular
    960 affare deal
    961 nuoto swim
    962 termine term
    963 opposto opposite
    964 moglie wife
    965 scarpa shoe
    966 spalla shoulder
    967 spread spread
    968 organizzare arrange
    969 campo camp
    970 inventare invent
    971 cotone cotton
    972 nascita born
    973 determinare determine
    974 quarto di gallone quart
    975 nove nine
    976 camion truck
    977 rumore noise
    978 livello level
    979 possibilità chance
    980 raccogliere gather
    981 negozio shop
    982 tratto stretch
    983 gettare throw
    984 shine shine
    985 proprietà property
    986 colonna column
    987 molecola molecule
    988 selezionare select
    989 sbagliato wrong
    990 grigio gray
    991 ripetizione repeat
    992 richiedere require
    993 ampio broad
    994 preparare prepare
    995 sale salt
    996 naso nose
    997 plurale plural
    998 rabbia anger
    999 richiesta claim
    1000 continente continent

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