The melodious sound of the Italian language is in itself a great way to talk about feelings, declare love and have romantic conversations. And if you use in your speech beautiful Italian expressions from songs, literary quotations in Italian or famous phraseologies, you make your address to your interlocutor even more heartfelt and sensual.
Where can you use famous Italian expressions?
Beautiful Italian words and expressions will not only help you to confess your feelings for your chosen one. They may be needed in other, more everyday circumstances.
So, with the help of phrases in Italian you can:
- congratulate your friend or family member from Italy by signing a card in Italian;
- make an original toast, which will be appreciated by your Italian acquaintances;
- give a beautiful compliment;
- maintain an intellectual conversation about Italian literature and poetry;
- understand without translation what the characters of Italian melodramas are talking about;
- get a tattoo with a famous phrase in Italian;
- stable expressions in Italian, competently and appropriately used in a business or friendly conversation, will give you the reputation of an educated person.
Italian love phrases with translation
We have prepared for you a small list of phrases and expressions in Italian, which can be useful for you in everyday life. Since the Italian transcription is difficult for people who do not speak the language, we give just the phrases in Italian with translation.
Love confessions
Ti amo → I love you
Ti adoro → I adore you.
Sposami! → Marry me!
Voglio stare sempre con te →I want to be with you always
Per te farei di tutto! → For you I’d do anything!
Sei il grande amore della mia vita → You are the love of my life.
Compliments
Hai dei bellissimi occhi! I tuoi occhi sono stupendi! → You have very beautiful eyes.
I tuoi occhi sono come due stelle → Your eyes are like two stars.
Hai delle mani d’oro → You have golden hands.
Hai un bell’aspetto → You look good.
Tu hai la scintilla negli occhi! → You have a light in your eyes!
Congratulations
Auguri! Tanti auguri! → Congratulations! Best Wishes!
Con tanto affetto, tanti auguri di Buon Compleanno! → With the most sincere sentiments, best wishes for a happy birthday.
Ti auguro tanti giorni di felicita`quante sono le gocce del mare e tanto amore quante sono le stelle in cielo! → I wish you many happy days, as many drops in the sea, and much love, as many stars in the sky!
Proverbs and sayings
Vive bene chi prende il mondo come viene. To live well take the world as it is;
Dio ama parlare con chi ama tacere. God loves to speak to those who are silent.
Dimmi con chi vai e ti dirò chi sei. Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are.
Quotations
Nulla è difficile per chi ama. – Nothing is difficult for those who love (Cicero)
Se vuoi essere amato, ama. – If you want to be loved, love.
Abbiamo davanti agli occhi i vizi degli altri mentre i nostri ci stanno dietro. – Other men’s sins are before our eyes, our own are behind our backs (Seneca Lucius Annaeus the Younger).
Veni, vidi, vici. – Came, saw, conquered.
Se vuoi la pace, prepara la guerra. – If you want peace, prepare for war. (Gaius Julius Caesar)
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