Italian Greetings: English to Italian
If you have aspirations of greeting someone in Italian, then you're going to need to learn a few basic Italian greetings.
Luckily, this page can teach you such greetings - like hellos and goodbyes, plus the timely greetings of good morning, good day, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.
Note: Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view this list of greetings from Italian to English.
Hellos (English to Italian):
Hello ➔ Ciao (Informal)
Hi ➔ Ciao (Informal)
Hello ➔ Salve (Formal)
Hi everyone ➔ Ciao a tutti
When answering the phone, you'd say... ➔ Pronto (Lit. Ready)
Timely Greetings (English to Italian):
Good morning ➔ Buon giorno
Good day ➔ Buon giorno
Good afternoon ➔ Buon pomeriggio
Good evening ➔ Buona sera
Good night ➔ Buona notte
Goodbyes (English to Italian):
Goodbye ➔ Arrivederci
Goodbye ➔ Arrivederla (Formal)
Bye ➔ Ciao (Informal)
Bye bye ➔ Ciao ciao
See you soon ➔ A presto
See you later ➔ A dopo
See you tomorrow ➔ A domani
*Greetings last updated: May 10, 2018.