What English words are used in Italy?
| Sandwich Hai portato i sandwich? (“Did you bring sandwiches?”) | Weekend Cosa fate per il week-end? (“What are you doing for the weekend?”) | Fine settimana. |
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Is English used in Italy?
English is not very widely spoken overall in Italy
, although there is a reasonable prevalence of English speakers in larger cities like Rome, Florence and Milan.
What does Minaj mean in Italian?
marriage , family-life
.
Is Italian easy to learn?
The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) considers Italian to be
one of the easiest languages to learn
. Indeed, it is a lot faster language for monolingual English speakers to learn than for example Russian and Chinese. Russian might take nearly twice as many classroom hours as Italian to reach the same level of fluency.
What does Ciao Bella?
Ciao bella is an informal Italian expression literally meaning “
goodbye (or hello), beautiful
.”
Ammazza!
– This word means ‘wow', ‘oh my goodness' or ‘I can't believe it'. Avoja!
- Accidenti! – Damn it, holy smoke! ( lit. …
- Porca vacca! – Holy cow! ( lit. …
- Porca miseria! – For God's sake, for Goodness' sake (lit. pig misery)
- Porco cane! – For God's sake! ( lit. …
- Cavolo! – Holy smoke! ( lit. …
- Col cavolo! – No way! (lit. …
- Madonna! – Good God! ( lit. …
- Madonna santa! – Good God! ( lit.
“what's your name?” translation into Italian
come ti chiami?
“
parli inglese?
”
Marone –
To swear by saying: ‘damn it! ‘
MADONE, MARONE, MADONA MIA (MAH DAUN) –
Holy Mother
!
Pretend you are learning Italian as a full-time job — actively studying for 8 hours a day. You would reach the necessary 480 hours of study at this pace in 60 days, approximately 2 months.
For a group 2–4 language, you would be looking at around 3 months to reach basic fluency.
1-on-1 Lessons.
You could learn much faster with individual lessons, but it depends on how many hours you do each week.
With three 60-minute lessons per week, you could likely learn Italian in 1-2 years.
Hi, my love!
- Come sei carina! (“How cute you are!” )
- Come sei dolce! (“How sweet you are!” )
- Sei una bella ragazza/donna. (“You are a beautiful girl/woman!” )
- Che begli occhi! (“Nice eyes!” )
- Che bel sorriso! (“Beautiful smile!” )
- Sei molto simpatica! (“You are very nice!” )
- Money.
- Denim.
- Advice.
- Origin.
- Honesty.
- Habit.
- Liberal.
- Modern.
Words like
tennis or rugby
don't have equivalent terms in other languages. They are simply known worldwide by their English terms. Of course, this phenomenon isn't unique to the English language. Pad Thai, burrito, taco, Tae Kwon Do, and wienerschnitzel are foreign words that are used worldwide as well.
