Top 100 Italian Words

The table below contains the 100 most common Italian words

All clauses and sentences are made of different parts. These elements may consist of a single word or a group of words, and they are:

• Subject (soggetto), the noun of the person or the thing that carry out the action introduced by the main verb;
• Verb (verbo), that is an action, a conditions, or a state;
• Object (oggetto), the person of the thing that is affected by the action of the verb;
• Complement (complemento), that is a word or a group of words that introduce more elements about the sentence;
• Avverbio (adverb), that provides more information about the verb and the action that it describes;
• Preposition (preposizione), that expresses a relation between two of the other elements of the sentence.

Having a significant Italian vocabulary is not necessary enough to hold an everyday conversation with a native speaker. You need to know all the most common elements of Italian sentences, and how to use them. Only at this point, you will master the Italian language for real!

In the following list, you will find 100 of the most commonly used Italian words. There are verbs, adverbs, prepositions and of course nouns. By learning all of them, you will be able to form basic but effective sentences that you can use to communicate with your friends.

This is a very good starting point to study Italian and to enhance your dictionary!

 

100 most common Italian words

Such as:

Rank	Italian word	Part of speech	English translation
1	il, la, le	det	the
2	di	prep	of
3	e, ed	conj	and
4	essere	verb	to be
5	in	prep	in
6	che	pron	that
7	del	contraction	(di + il)
8	a, ad	prep	to
9	avere	verb	to have
10	della	contraction	(di + la)
11	per	prep	for
12	non	adv	not
13	un, una	det	a
14	potere	verb	can
15	con	prep	with
16	da	prep	by
17	dei	contraction	(di + i)
18	fare	verb	to make
19	al	contraction	(a + il)
20	dire	verb	to say
21	delle	contraction	(di + le)
22	più	adv	more
23	alla	contraction	(a + la)
24	o	conj	or
25	nella	contraction	(in + la)
26	ma	conj	but
27	anche	conj	also
28	venire	verb	to come
29	dal	contraction	(da + il)
30	cui	pron	which
31	gli	det	the, him
32	dovere	verb	to have to
33	come	prep	as
34	degli	contraction	(di + gli)
35	loro	pron	them
36	dare	verb	to give
37	dalla	contraction	(da + la)
38	ai	contraction	(a + i)
39	parte	noun f	part
40	andare	verb	to go
41	due	num	two
42	de	noun	de
43	questo, questa	det	this
44	alle	contraction	(a + le)
45	tra	prep	between
46	quale, quali	pron	which
47	vedere	verb	to see
48	nei	contraction	(in + i)
49	nelle	contraction	(in + le)
50	ogni	det	each
51	quello, quella	pron	that
52	parlare	verb	to talk
53	ne	pron	of it
54	già	adv	already
55	pensare	verb	to think
56	fra	prep	between
57	tempo	noun m	time
58	anno	noun m	year
59	così	adv	so
60	trovare	verb	to find
61	come	conj	as
62	poi	adv	then
63	modo	noun m	way
64	mi	pron	me
65	ottenere	verb	to get
66	ancora	adv	still
67	quando	conj	when
68	partire	verb	to leave
69	dello	contraction	(di + lo)
70	vita	noun f	life
71	lo	pron	the
72	tutti	det	all
73	quanto	adv	how much
74	ciò	pron	that
75	caso	noun m	case
76	mettere	verb	to put
77	dai	contraction	(da + i)
78	perché	conj	why
79	prendere	verb	to take
80	qui	adv	here
81	Roma	noun f	Rome
82	Italia	noun f	Italy
83	altro	adj	other
84	dalle	contraction	(da + le)
85	primo	adj	first
86	lavoro	noun m	work
87	vivere	verb	to live
88	molto	adv	much
89	questo	pron	this
90	col	contraction	(con + il)
91	lui	pron	him
92	meno	adv	less
93	contro	prep	against
94	egli	pron	he
95	ricordare	verb	to remember
96	qualche	det	some
97	grande	adj	big
98	passare	verb	to pass
99	agli	contraction	(a + gli)
100	dove	adv	where

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