188: How to Say and Use “Let’s Go” in Italian

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

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Summary

There’s one simple way to say “let’s go” in Italian, but you’ll also want to know how to say (and use) the other expressions that Italians use all the time.

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Today's Italian words:
Andiamo al cinema! = Let’s go to the cinema!
Andiamo al museo! = Let’s go to the museum!
Andiamo a casa! = Let’s go home!
Andiamo a mangiare una pizza! = Let’s go eat a pizza!
Andiamo a vedere la piazza! = Let’s go see the square!

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0:00.0	You've probably used let's go a lot in English.
0:04.3	It's a really common phrase in Italian as well,
0:06.6	so it's one that you'll want to learn
0:07.9	because you'll be hearing it all the time in Italy.
0:11.3	The good news is saying let's go in Italian is even simpler than English.
0:16.3	In fact, if you listen to the end,
0:18.6	you'll find out you've just learned loads of extra words just because you know let's go in Italian.
0:35.7	Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with Joy of Languages.
0:42.5	In this episode, you learn how to say let's go in Italian and how can you use it in everyday sentences.
0:51.4	Before we get started, can we ask you a quick favor? If you're listening to this on your podcast app, could you click the
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1:05.9	lessons like this one. Grazie. The most common way to say let's go in Italian is,
1:14.5	Andiamo.
1:16.4	Andiamo.
1:19.2	Andiamo.
1:20.6	If you're thinking I've heard Andiamo before, I thought it meant we go.
1:27.8	You're not wrong.
1:28.8	It does mean we go as well.
1:31.4	So to say let's go, all you have to do is say the same word as we go.
1:36.5	So when learners try to say let's go in Italian, they often get stuck on how to translate let's.
1:43.1	But Italian doesn't actually have a separate word for let's.
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