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17: Italian greetings: How Italians really say hello to each other

8 min • 3 april 2018

You already know buongiorno and ciao. But do you know how Italians really greet each other? It's a bit different to how they teach it in textbooks.

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Today's Italian words
Buongiorno = hello/good morning/good afternoon
Buonasera = good evening
Ciao = hi
Salve = hello/goodbye
Pronto = a word Italians use when they answer the phone (it literally means ready)
Chi è? = Who is it?

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