Italian for Tourists - The Words Every Tourist Should Know

Speaking Italian can make your Italian vacation even more memorable. You do not have to be fluent in Italian, but a few words can go a long way to make your visit to Rome, Florence, or Venice just a bit better. Here are the most important words that tourists should know when they visit Italy.
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[@LIBREPUB]

I was in Italy in 2019 and heading back in November. These little words and phrases really go along way with the locals. They totally respect the effort.

[@donnie1623]

If you say " Salve " when coming in a place and " arrivederci " when you go out, it will always be fine, everytime of the day

[@deepbluehue3]

Yes ( pronounced : sal vugh ) I believe is a more respectful / ancient way of greeting ... You might hear it from a local Italian shopkeeper ....

[@bbrown1558]

2:55 that guy was so drunk. Had too many. Marc did not lose his cool or get nervous. I'd have run off in the other direction 🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Excellent tips . I love Italy and on previous visits the little Italian I could speak was much appreciated by the locals.

[@woltersworld]

He came over a few more times while i was filming :)

[@bbrown1558]

@@woltersworld u should have made another video for us. On how to avoid blokes like him 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@marcguidobolen693]

I wouldn't use "voglio" (I want) when ordering food though. Could be considered impolite

[@grouloulle]

6:03 The Italians are awesome.

[@ryanrigley]

I studied Italian on a language app for a year before my trip this year to Italy. Speaking Italian made for an excellent experience with the locals with them being gracious. I like how there are so many cognates in the vocabulary between English and Italian.

[@davidwillers652]

Which language app and course?

[@bthomps6024]

@@davidwillers652 i'm using babbel. babbel teaches a lot of grammar. i'm using duolingo for some vocab. we're leaving in two months for our trip to italy

[@RudieObias]

I'm going to Italy for the first time next week. I've been watching A LOT of your videos to get ready for the trip!

[@woltersworld]

Glad to help out. The other comment thing was spam from a fake account. Got to love KZbin. Thanks again and have a great trip!

[@deepbluehue3]

I love that in larger markets the past aisles are both sides ALL THE WAY DOWN one aisle ... and they have a HUGE selection of ready made stuffed pastas typically available ... Napoli was so distracting a large city , ( and I was traveling alone ... ) that I FORGOT to get Napolitan pizza when I was there ! Ten years later I still find that amusing ...

[@ganymedes62]

The very first word I learned in Italian was 'domani' 🙂 Like in 'yeah, we'll get to that tomorrow' or 'sure, we'll fix that tomorrow' 🙂 It was always 'domani, domani' 🙂 Now just so you know, I was still 0 when I first was in Italy 🙂

[@WoltersWorldShorts]

that's funny

[@kaunas88]

This is a nice condensed summary of tourist basic words.

[@shonnaroadruck5194]

This is FANTASTIC! Thank you

[@allyson1691]

It’s sounds so musical and fun to say too. Thank you

[@m4dg33k]

I stumbled upon your videos by chance, and was really moved by how much you seem to appreciate our country. I'm glad you had a great time staying here each time you went, and I just wanted to drop a big "Thank You".

[@jvc43523]

Bravissimo. Grazie mille amico. Vi auguro una buona Giornata

[@sherryhibbs2804]

I wish this had come out before my trip in July, lol. I know enough Spanish to usually make the leap in Italian. Having an Italian tour guide, watching videos and just picking up words as I went was just fine. Most do speak English, but I still always tried.

[@willamjackson8746]

Yeah you're right

[@willamjackson8746]

Hi there 😄 Just decided to stop by and say hi!! I hope my compliment is Appreciated

[@AdventuresofMattandNat]

Great video per usual!!! All of your videos are so helpful! We’ll be binge watching all of your Italy videos now! 🤣👌🏼

[@kevlarcardhouse252]

Perfect timing, Wolter. I will be in Italy on Saturday as long as the airport gods smile upon us, and as with all my trips, your videos have been very helpful. Grazie!

[@woltersworld]

Thank you. The other comment is a scammer. Have a great trip!

[@kevlarcardhouse252]

@@woltersworld LOL I guessed that when he called himself Wolters Worlds.

[@OneRedFeatherStudios.]

Really like the new graphics you have incorporated into your new videos like these. Adds a lot to the information exchange. Kudos.

[@EA-tx8ef]

Grazie! I'll be visiting Italy for the first time next month.

[@jean-mariesimpson8989]

Thanks for this! Going in June!

[@Bc232klm]

I like these videos! Don't know if I'll ever make it to Italy, but I like trying to learn the little bits of useful language.

[@annaamorimm]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!GREAT HELP!

[@daltongriffis]

Right on time! Enjoying Rome today, traveling to Sorrento Friday. Thank you for the awesome videos!

[@woltersworld]

Cheers!

[@thinkthearts2604]

Beautiful Italy

[@kcrossleKMC]

"Salve" - one of the few words I remember from Latin 😀

[@CDHfilms]

I always dream of seeing italy!

[@michaelinminn]

You have a grasp on niceness. gotta say!

[@StMeadMary]

Very cool helpful video thank you! Ciao!

[@michaeladkins6]

I will be in Italy at the end of the month. We will be travelling the length of Italy by train. From the Swiss border to Positano.

[@Gg2294.-.]

Thanks so much for context to these phrases. I’ve been learning Italian and I really appreciate help understanding the tone of how things are said, because it makes me feel more confident to speak. :)

[@woltersworld]

Thank you. I'm the same way. I thought this would be better than just saying the words 10 times

[@loribaker758]

Thanks for the tips. Sorrento is one of my favorite places to visit. One of our first stops is Pizzeria Aurora. 😜

[@MrRealgar]

Thanks for introducing some Italian terminology to our American friends! 🇺🇸🇮🇹 I would only argue about the term “ciao”. It’s very informal, and is usually used by friends, or by adults to young people. You rarely enter a public activity with “Ciao” (apart, of course, if you already know the staff members). With “Buongiorno” and “Buonasera”, I would add “Salve”. A more formal “Ciao”, easy to apprehend and very common in Italy for starting a good conversation.

[@woltersworld]

however if people have a hard time learning a language or a few words, then ciao is just fine.

[@MrRealgar]

@@woltersworld Indeed! Thanks for providing interesting information of our country! 🇮🇹

[@deepbluehue3]

@@MrRealgar After five trips to Italy I finally learn this ! ... Salve better with working people you don't know ...

[@jonathankinnear8431]

Very helpful.

[@WoltersWorldShorts]

thanks Jon!

[@TheTwoofWands]

I have been trying to learn a bit on Duolingo. Your pronunciation is so good!

[@jamietaveras7657]

So much like spanish.. languages of love..

[@kueller917]

Very helpful thank you since I'm taking a short trip to Italy in a week and did not prepare. Coming from France and family being from Latin America (Spanish-speaking) it's fun seeing the similarities and the differences.

[@michaelwells7549]

Not to nit-pick Mark, but ciao is really for friends and acquaintances, when walking into a new place, store, bar, restaurant, then buon giorno is really more appropriate. Grazie.

[@great207]

Would you recommend saying Salve instead?

[@didonegiuliano3547]

@@great207 also

[@zepplinrox3]

Love Sorrento!

[@LeoFtravels]

Thanks for sharing this...I will be there in 3 weeks

[@giovannibertocci8944]

Me too!

[@woltersworld]

Have fun!

[@woltersworld]

Awesome. Have fun too

[@dearisabella]

Wow, just in time! I'll be studying abroad in Italy for a few months and I was about to look for these types of videos. Thank you :)

[@WoltersWorldShorts]

cool! you will have a great time!

[@anarchocyclist]

You're gonna need a lot more than these videos 😂

[@kellyk854]

Thank you Marc! We enjoy your channel and find them so helpful. In your opinion, is it too early to book an April flight to Rome?

[@C_ia_R]

Grazie

[@WoltersWorldShorts]

prego :)

[@mariobotelho32]

Very useful video. Just have to pronunciate vorrei and birra with hard rrrr.

[@melgonz.6962]

Italian is so similar to Spanish. All my spanish classes are going to come in handy.

[@paolodominici202]

Your pronunciation is almost spot on but I'd like to correct two accents and a sentence(which is still perfectly understandable even without my intervention) : vorrei= the accent is on the E dov'è = the accent is on the E cosa hai bisogno? = you need to add the preposition DI. Di cosa hai bisogno?

[@WoltersWorldShorts]

i am going to guess that for a tourist it will be just fine ;)

[@claudiocioffi306]

@@WoltersWorldShorts Yes, it is! 😉

[@paolodominici202]

@@WoltersWorldShorts no doubt, Wolter! Great video as usual 👍🏻

[@Bswaggn]

That is the informal way to say HI and Bye.

[@timmmahhhh]

Great video Mark, thanks. I knew some of these and back in the good old days of 1988 and my Europe trip we didn't have the luxury of listening to hear somebody pronounce it unless you bought a book with a cassette. As students we butchered grazie, saying GRAHT-zee. When we got back my father-in-law learning Italian cringed what he heard me say it and corrected me, lol! I knew some phrase Italian and tried to use Spanish where I could, which was sometimes successful and other times so different I wasn't understood. In Spanish for example the word for entrance is similar but exit is salida, way different.

[@giovannibertocci8944]

Oddio il tizio alla fine col VENTILATORR🤣🤣

[@monicarollo2462]

Don't say ciao to someone who is working. He/she is not a friend of yours. Ciao in this case is rude.

[@deepbluehue3]

Oh interesting ; a good insight ... I assume salve is better in that case then ...

[@danielward7008]

@@deepbluehue3 Salve or buongiorno if it's morning or early afternoon. Ciao is fine with someone you've built a rapport with.

[@darkleto89]

Sorry man to made u redo the video. Love your channel :)

[@claudiocioffi306]

Ahahaha.... you make me laugh! I'm Italian and your accent sounds so funny! Anyway I have a special request: I know you've already made some videos of New Orleans, very nice and usefull videos, but I would like one more video about Nola! I lived there 1 year and I miss it so much! Anyway congratulation for your channel! Keep punching! 🤜

[@WoltersWorldShorts]

Grazie Claudio. We all have accents :) I don't know how many more NOLA videos I can make :) we have... what to know before you go, what to eat in NOLA, the don'ts of NOLA, 5 Love & Hates of NOLA, 10 Shocks of NOLA, how tourists get arrested in NOLA, Don'ts of NOLA... i guess i could make a few more on my next visit for you ;)

[@claudiocioffi306]

@@WoltersWorldShorts Thanks Wolter, I'm sure that you are going to do your best! Good luck for your channel! ✌️

[@gwencampbell4345]

I found ghiacchio to be the most useful word. Ice!

[@mariacristinaciampi3069]

hi ... it is ghiaccio ...

[@Eric-fx9xf]

Molto bene. Gratzie. ✌

[@gabrielesantucci6189]

Ok...but "ciao" it's very confidential ! It's usually used with friends or people we know well and with whom we are familiar. And above all, if you want to say thank you in our language, please not GRACIAS (spanish) or GRAZI (you need the final E) ... otherwise thank you in your language it's better and appreciated anyway!!!👍😉🇮🇹

[@ronweasley1354]

If all else fails, just remember “(Scusa) puoi parlare l’inglese?” “Can you speak English?”

[@Tramptraveller]

😍😍😍😍👍👍😍😍😍😍

[@austingee238]

Italian sounds like if English, Spanish, and French all raised the same baby.

[@erikverbove6351]

Party pooper ! Maybe he needed a 🍸;)

[@WoltersWorldShorts]

oh he did :) we chatted later

[@claudiabassi9670]

Il signore alle spalle 😂 no comment

[@siderism1062]

The accent in Italian💀

[@76tony19]

How do u say, where's the dive bars that serve whiskey and such. Or is that not a thing in Italy?

[@alananderson7839]

Do not say Ciao. To strangers

[@mrh4900]

Deez

[@rodhee6812]

Meth problems even there

[@dtown902]

How did you get such a hot wife? lol

[@GK-hc4yl]

I thought in Italy you just have gesture and wave your arms around.

[@WizardOfOss]

You need to work on your accent a bit, it doesn't sound nearly as accurate as Brad Pitt!