English to Italian Greetings and Goodbyes

If you have aspirations of greeting someone in Italian, then you're going to need to learn a few basic Italian greetings. That's where this page can help.

By reading below, you can learn many common greetings like various hellos and goodbyes, plus the timely greetings of good morning, good day, good afternoon, good evening, and good night. You'll also learn some phone greetings and introductory phrases.

Scroll down to learn these and other useful greeting translations.

Greetings from English to Italian:

Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view this list of greetings from Italian to English.

English to Italian Hellos

Hello ➔ Ciao (informal)

Hello ➔ Salve (formal)

Hi ➔ Ciao (informal)

Hi everyone ➔ Ciao a tutti

Welcome ➔ Benvenuto

English to Italian Phone Greetings

Hello ➔ Pronto (lit. ready)

Can I speak to (name) please? ➔ Posso parlare con (name), per favore?

Hello, this is (name). ➔ Pronto, sono (name).

Timely Greetings from English to Italian

Good morning ➔ Buon giorno

Good day ➔ Buon giorno

Good afternoon ➔ Buon pomeriggio

Good evening ➔ Buona sera

Good night ➔ Buona notte

English to Italian Introductions

Nice to meet you. ➔ Piacere.

Nice to meet you. ➔ Piacere di conoscerti.

This is my girlfriend, (name). ➔ Questa è la mia ragazza, (name).

Other Useful English to Italian Greetings

Best wishes. ➔ Cordiali saluti. (Common email greeting.)

Cheers! ➔ Cin cin!

Sorry I'm late. ➔ Scusate per il ritardo.

English to Italian Goodbyes

Bye ➔ Ciao (informal)

Bye bye ➔ Ciao ciao

Goodbye ➔ Arrivederci

Goodbye ➔ Arrivederla (formal)

See you soon ➔ A presto

See you later ➔ A dopo

See you tomorrow ➔ A domani

Take care. ➔ Stai attento.

This list of English to Italian greetings was last updated on March 13, 2025.

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The Fine Print

I don't speak Italian myself, so there could be mistakes in the translations. Most of what is here is user-submitted, but I do try to check for accuracy and make corrections as I can. Thanks for your understanding. Best of luck on your Italian language learning journey!