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Top 100 Italian Words Every Beginner Should Know

Lalo Team·Updated April 17, 2026·3 min read

The most frequent 100 words in Italian cover a huge portion of everyday conversation. Learning these first gives you the biggest return on your study time.

#WordTranslation
1diof, from
2chethat, which, who
3nonnot
4èis
5eand
6lathe (feminine singular)
7ilthe (masculine singular)
8una, an (masculine)
9ato, at, in
10perfor, in order to
11inin, into
12unaa, an (feminine)
13mime, to me, myself
14hahas
15lohim, it (direct object); the
16sioneself, himself, herself, themselves
17conwith
18mabut
19ioI
20comehow, like, as
21dafrom, by, since
22lethe (feminine plural); to her
23nono
24questothis
25hoI have
26seif, whether
27sonoI am; they are
28cosathing, what
29piùmore, most, plus
30tuttoeverything, all
31cius, there, here
32delof the (masculine singular)
33tuyou (informal singular)
34leishe, her; you (formal)
35alto the, at the (masculine singular)
36ithe (masculine plural)
37suon, upon, about
38luihe, him
39essereto be
40avereto have
41fareto do, to make
42quihere
43dovewhere
44benewell, good
45oranow; hour
46anchealso, too, even
47miomy, mine
48quandowhen
49noiwe, us
50moltovery, much, a lot
51ancorastill, yet, again
52dellaof the (feminine singular)
53poithen, afterwards
54quellothat, that one
55cosìso, like this, thus
56yes
57meme
58erawas (he/she/it was)
59glithe (masculine plural before vowel/z/s+consonant); to him
60tiyou (informal object), yourself
61nelin the (masculine singular)
62direto say, to tell
63soloonly, alone
64suohis, her, its; your (formal)
65teyou (stressed form)
66tempotime, weather
67annoyear
68trabetween, among, in (time)
69duetwo
70mainever, ever
71chiwho, whoever
72potereto be able to, can
73primofirst
74pocolittle, few, a bit
75sapereto know (a fact)
76perchéwhy, because
77altroother, another
78dopoafter, later
79giornoday
80grandebig, large, great
81vitalife
82semprealways
83uomoman
84donnawoman
85volereto want
86andareto go
87nuovonew
88buonogood
89casahouse, home
90mondoworld
91paesecountry, village
92stareto stay, to be (state/condition)
93partepart, side
94giàalready
95primabefore, first
96manohand
97stessosame, self
98occhioeye
99dareto give
100acquawater

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