In most Italian courses, you'll learn that prego means you're welcome in Italian.

But then when you get to Italy, you start to hear it being used everywhere in situations where that explanation doesn't really make sense.

That's because prego actually has a lot of different meanings in Italian, eight in fact.

So in this lesson, you'll learn how to use it in a few different situations and pronounce

it like a local so that you can interact smoothly whilst traveling in Italy.

Ciao to all and welcome.

Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with joy of languages.

Today, there is something we... Prego, prego.

Okay, grazie.

Prego.

You might think that we use prego a lot in Italian, and you'd be right.

That's because it has quite a few meanings.

You just heard two.

Mateo said, prego, when inviting me to speak first.

So it's like saying after you.

You might also hear this when someone holds the door open for you.

For example, prego, buona gurnata, after you, have a nice day.

Then you heard the most famous one, you welcome after grazie.

And there are a few more as well.

So prego is a bit like a Swiss army knife of Italian politeness.

In today's conversation, you'll hear three examples of prego. Can you figure out why we said it each time?

Matteo, have a minute?

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