Holidays & Good wishes in Italian

Now you know how to talk about date and time in Italian, let’s continue with some more special occasions, holidays and how to wish people well in Italian.

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Good wishes
Holidays & festive occasions
Verbs
Vocabulary & Phrases
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Good wishes

English	Italian	Pronunciation (Audio)
All the best!	Tanti auguri!
Congratulations!	Congratulazioni!
Good luck!	Buona fortuna! In bocca al lupo!
Happy birthday!	Buon compleanno!
Merry Christmas!	Buon Natale!
Happy Easter!	Buona Pasqua!
Happy New Year!	Buon anno!
with all my heart / wholehearted	dal profondo del cuore

Holidays & festive occasions

English	Italian	Pronunciation (Audio)
birthday	compleanno
Christmas	Natale
Yule	Natale
Christmas Eve	Vigilia di Natale
Easter	Pasqua
Easter holidays	vacanze di Pasqua
Pentecost / Whitsun	Pentecoste
New Year’s Eve	Vigilia di Capodanno ultimo dell'anno
New Year	Capodanno
wedding	matrimonio
name day	onomastico
Valentine’s Day	San Valentino
anniversary	anniversario

Verbs

English	Italian	Pronunciation (Audio)
(to) invite	invitare
(to) wish	augurare desiderare
(to) make a gift	regalare
(to) get	ricevere prendere

Vocabulary & Phrases

English	Italian	Pronunciation (Audio)
party [Sg]	festa
parties [Pl]	feste
birthday party	festa di compleanno
invitation [Sg]	invito
invitations [Pl]	inviti
I invite you to the party!	Ti invito alla mia festa!
wish [Sg]	augurio
wishes [Pl]	auguri
What would you like? / What do you want?	Cosa ti piacerebbe? Cosa vuoi?
surprise [Sg]	sorpresa
surprises [Pl]	sorprese
present / gift [Sg]	regalo
presents / gifts [Pl]	regali

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