Italian is a Romance language spoken by approximately 85 million people, primarily in Italy, Switzerland, and San Marino. Renowned for its musicality and its central role in art, music, fashion, and gastronomy, Italian is one of the most popular languages to study worldwide.
Essential Italian words for absolute beginners (CEFR A1). Greetings, numbers, colors, pronouns, basic verbs, prepositions, and survival phrases with example sentences.
Italian words for basic conversations (CEFR A2). Opinions, feelings, descriptions, personality traits, and social interactions with example sentences.
Italian words for daily life (CEFR A1). Family, food, home, body parts, clothes, weather, animals, and everyday objects with example sentences.
Italian words for daily routines (CEFR A2). Work, shopping, health basics, technology, schedules, and household tasks with example sentences.
Italian words for work and education (CEFR B1). Career, job interviews, university, professional skills, and workplace vocabulary with example sentences.
Italian words for science and technology (CEFR B2). Research, AI, medicine, energy, and innovation with example sentences.
Advanced Italian words for academic and research contexts (CEFR C1). Scholarly discourse, methodology, critical analysis, argumentation, and formal register with example sentences.
Advanced Italian words for psychology and human behavior (CEFR C1). Cognitive processes, emotions, social dynamics, mental health, and behavioral science with example sentences.
Italian business vocabulary words (B1–B2). Office, meetings, emails, job interviews, negotiations, finance, HR, and professional etiquette with example sentences and English translations.
Italian words for travel situations (CEFR A2). Airport, hotel, restaurant, directions, sightseeing, and transportation with example sentences.
Italian words for health and lifestyle (CEFR B1). Medical terms, mental health, nutrition, fitness, and daily habits with example sentences.
Italian words for media and culture (CEFR B1). News, social media, arts, music, traditions, and entertainment with example sentences.
Italian gives you direct access to one of the world's richest cultural heritages — from Renaissance art and opera to modern fashion and design. Italy is a major EU economy, and Italian is valuable in industries like luxury goods, automotive, food, and tourism. Its closeness to Latin also makes it an excellent gateway to other Romance languages.
85+ million speakers across Italy, Switzerland (Ticino), San Marino, Vatican City, and Italian communities worldwide.
Italian and Spanish share about 82% lexical similarity. If you already know Spanish, you'll find many familiar word roots, though pronunciation and grammar details differ. Our decks highlight these differences in grammar notes.
Completing the A1 deck (about 500 words over 4–6 weeks) will give you enough vocabulary to handle basic travel situations: ordering food, asking directions, checking into hotels, and making small talk.
Un caffè is an espresso, un latte is a glass of milk, and the bill only comes when you ask. The Italian café habits that trip up tourists, with the phrases to fix them.
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