Survival Phrases

Use these phrases when meeting new colleagues or acquaintances for the first time in an everyday or professional setting.

These phrases will help you navigate everyday small talk with colleagues or acquaintances naturally.

These phrases will help you smoothly and naturally wrap up a conversation and take your leave, whether you're with close friends or in a formal business setting.

Use these phrases to smoothly navigate everyday social interactions in Italian, from expressing genuine gratitude to politely apologizing for mistakes or interruptions.

Use these phrases to naturally invite someone out, suggest plans, and handle the logistics of meeting up in Italian.

Use these authentic phrases to break the ice, find shared interests, and naturally suggest hanging out with a new acquaintance.

Use these phrases to naturally express your best wishes, congratulate friends or colleagues, and celebrate special moments in Italian.

Use these phrases to naturally share and ask for details about family, living situations, and relationships.

Use these phrases to politely decline invitations or offers, give natural reasons, and suggest alternatives without offending the other person.

Use these phrases to confidently book a table, specify dietary requirements, or make changes to an existing reservation at an Italian restaurant.

These essential phrases will help you navigate a restaurant in Italy with confidence, from claiming your reservation to paying the bill.

Essential phrases for navigating restaurants and social situations in Italy when you have allergies or dietary restrictions.

Use these phrases to politely but firmly address problems with your order or the food itself, while maintaining the respectful formal register expected with service staff.

Essential Italian phrases for paying the bill, splitting costs with friends, and handling card payments at a restaurant or café.

These phrases will help you navigate a busy Italian bar, from ordering your first drink to setting up a tab and settling the bill with friends.

These phrases will help you confidently place orders for takeaway or home delivery, ask about fees and wait times, and handle payments or missing items.

Essential phrases for checking in your bags, choosing your seat, and navigating the airport up to the boarding gate.

Use these phrases to navigate airport security smoothly and understand instructions from the staff.

These phrases will help you confidently navigate passport control, answer questions about your trip, and declare any items at Italian customs.

Use these phrases at the Lost and Found desk when your suitcase doesn't appear on the baggage carousel.

Essential Italian phrases for buying train tickets, checking schedules, and navigating platforms or delays.

Essential phrases for navigating public transport, buying tickets, and asking for directions in Italy.

Use these practical phrases to navigate taking a taxi or rideshare in Italy, from setting your destination to paying the fare.

These phrases will help you confidently ask for directions, understand the answers, and find your way around an Italian city.

These phrases will help you navigate renting a car in Italy, from confirming your reservation to handling insurance and returning the vehicle.

Use these phrases when travelling by plane — from boarding and finding your seat to asking the crew for help or feeling unwell during the flight.

Use these phrases when visiting a tourist information office to get maps, plan sightseeing, ask about tickets, tours, and how to reach the main attractions.

Essential phrases for renting, unlocking, and returning bikes or e-scooters in Italy.

These phrases will help you navigate a hotel check-in naturally, from confirming your reservation details to asking about breakfast times.

Use these phrases when something in your hotel room is not working or you need to make a complaint at reception.

Use these phrases when checking in or talking to hotel staff about facilities, services, and practical needs during your stay.

Use these phrases when leaving a hotel: settling the bill, querying charges, storing bags, and giving feedback.

Use these phrases to inquire about availability, specify your needs, and secure or modify a room reservation in Italian.

Essential phrases for communicating with your Airbnb host, finding the keys, and solving common issues during a short-term stay.

Use these intermediate phrases to smoothly navigate your hostel stay, from requesting specific room types and securing your belongings to socializing with fellow travelers.

Use these phrases when you need to extend your hotel stay, change rooms, or ask for a little extra time before checking out.

These phrases will help you navigate Italian clothing stores, from asking for different sizes and colors to giving feedback on how things fit.

These phrases will help you ask about prices, politely negotiate, and close a deal at markets or independent shops in Italy.

Use these phrases to navigate returns, exchanges, and refunds confidently at Italian shops.

Essential phrases for comparing tech devices, asking about specs, and navigating purchases at an electronics store.

These phrases will help you navigate calling a clinic, registering as a patient, and setting up an appointment with a doctor in Italy.

Essential phrases for explaining dental symptoms, discussing treatments, and navigating a visit to the dentist in Italy.

Essential Italian phrases for checking into the hospital or emergency room, describing symptoms, and navigating the waiting process.

Use these phrases when visiting an optician in Italy to get an eye test, choose new glasses, or buy contact lenses.

Essential phrases for booking medical tests, getting vaccinations, and discussing side effects or results at an Italian clinic or pharmacy.

Opening a bank account in Italy requires some specific vocabulary, but presenting your documents and asking about fees and cards can be straightforward once you know the key phrases.

Use these phrases to assertively but effectively resolve issues with your bank or daily administration, from disputing charges to escalating problems.

Use these phrases to ask landlords or real estate agents key questions about renting an apartment in Italy.

These phrases will help you report broken items in your rental, request repairs, and coordinate timing with your landlord or property manager.

These phrases will help you introduce yourself, politely handle noise issues, and navigate everyday apartment living in Italy.

Essential phrases for navigating the rules of recycling and trash collection in your new Italian apartment building.

Essential phrases for booking your appointment, specifying how you want your hair cut or styled, and giving feedback to your Italian hairdresser.

These phrases will help you drop off clothes, request specific services like dry cleaning, and manage pick-ups at an Italian laundromat or dry cleaner.

Use these phrases to ask about memberships, facilities, and requirements when joining a gym in Italy.

Essential Italian phrases for calling a doctor, salon, or service provider to book, change, or cancel an appointment.

Use these phrases to describe car trouble, ask for repair estimates, and communicate clearly with a mechanic in Italy.

Use these phrases when you need to explain technical issues, ask for repair estimates, and discuss warranty options at a phone or computer repair shop in Italy.

These phrases will help you book appointments, specify treatments, and communicate your needs clearly at an Italian spa or beauty salon.

Essential phrases for explaining how your clothes need to be altered and interacting with a tailor.

Essential phrases to call for help, describe symptoms, and communicate with emergency services in Italy.

Use these essential phrases to report lost or stolen items to the police, block your bank cards, and request documentation for your embassy.

Essential phrases to clearly communicate with other drivers, emergency services, and road assistance if you experience a breakdown or accident in Italy.

Use these phrases when reporting a crime, such as a theft or mugging, to the local police in Italy.

These phrases will help you raise the alarm, follow safety instructions, and communicate clearly during a fire or evacuation in Italy.

Use these phrases to navigate your first day, from introducing yourself to your new team to asking practical questions about the office.

These phrases will help you navigate language schools, universities, or local institutions when asking about course options, schedules, fees, and registration.

These phrases will help you navigate requesting time off, calling in sick, and arranging cover for your shifts in an Italian workplace.

Essential phrases for navigating the university registrar, from enrollment and study plans to dealing with fees and missing grades.