Italian Numbers

Learning the Italian numbers is not difficult and will make you feel like a pro once you master it. Knowing the numbers in Italian come in handy in a variety of situations when visiting Italy. Take a look at the chart below and practice saying the pronunciations outloud.

Speaking of visiting Italy, why not try out your new found ability to enumerate in Italian and plan a trip to my favorite spot, Cinque Terre? It's a breath of fresh sea air away from the crowds and you'll experience pure Italia!

Just remember, the thing about learning italian - it should be fun! And the Italians will definitely not laugh at your attempts to speak their language. They will embrace you! They will bend over backwards for you. They will simply, love you.

Here are the numbers as we say them in English, their Italian translation and a phonetic spelling of them to help you with pronunciation.

English	Italian	Italian Pronunciation
one	uno	OO-noh
two	due	Doo-ay
three	tre	tray
four	quattro	KWAHT-troh
five	cinque	CHEENG-kway
six	sei	SEHee
seven	sette	SEHT-tay
eight	otto	OT-toh
nine	nove	NOV-ay
ten	dieci	deeEH-chee
eleven	undici	OON-dee-chee
twelve	dodici	DOH-dee-chee
thirteen	tredici	TRE-dee-chee
fourteen	quattordici	koo-AHT-tohr-dee-chee
fifteen	quindici	KOO-een-dee-chee
sixteen	sedici	SEH-dee-chee
seventeen	diciassette	dee-chahs-SEHT-teh
eighteen	diciotto	dee-CHOHT-toh
nineteen	diciannove	dee-chahn-NOH-veh
twenty	venti	VEHN-tee
twenty-one	ventuno	vehn-TOO-noh
twenty-two	ventidue	vehn-tee-DOO-eh
twenty-three	ventitré	vehn-tee-TREH
twenty-four	ventiquattro	vehn-tee-koo-AHT-troh
twenty-five	venticinque	vehn-tee-CHEEN-koo-eh
twenty-six	ventisei	vehn-tee-SAY
twenty-seven	ventisette	vehn-tee-SEHT-teh
twenty-eight	ventotto	vehnt-OHT-toh
twenty-nine	ventinove	vehn-tee-NOH-veh
thirty	trenta	TREHN-tah
forty	quaranta	koo-ah-RAHN-tah
fifty	cinquanta	cheen-koo-AHN-tah
sixty	sessanta	sehs-SAHN-tah
seventy	settanta	seht-TAHN-tah
eighty	ottanta	oht-TAHN-tah
ninety	novanta	noh-VAHN-tah
one hundred	cento	CHEHN-toh
Try it. You'll like it and it's fun!

This is just a start and Italian numbers come in handy when you need to repeat a telephone number or tell the nice Italian police officer how many kilometers per hour you were traveling.

If you want to be able to count to 100 and beyond just check out our page called More Italian Numbers. And while you're at it, you might find a great home study course. Enjoy the learning and practice rolling your "rrrrrrzzzz".

Check out some of the links below for more important information besides Italian numbers to help you learn how to get around linquistically.

Learn Italian
More Italian Numbers
Great home study courses for Italian
Italian Verb Books - very useful
Italian Cookbooks

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