210: How to Say Happy New Year to Your Italian Friends
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🗓️ 16 December 2025
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Summary
Here are the most common phrases to say and reply to Happy New Year in Italian. You’ll also learn about some unique Italian New Year traditions.
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Today's words:
Buon anno = Happy New Year (lit. good year)
Buon anno nuovo = Happy New Year (lit. good year new)
Felice anno nuovo = Happy New Year (lit. happy year new)
Auguri = Best wishes
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| 0:00.0 | Ciao, just a quick note before we get started, we wanted to let you know that doors to our online |
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| 0:15.0 | Giving well wishes in Italian like Happy New Year is a great way to be warm and friendly with Italians. |
| 0:23.6 | You can use Happy New Year, not just with friends and family, but also with people that you |
| 0:28.3 | don't know well if you want to sound polite. For example, you could say, happy New Year when |
| 0:34.2 | leaving a shop or restaurant around New Year's day. |
| 0:44.0 | But the phrases for Happy New Year aren't always exactly the same in Italian and English. |
| 0:50.1 | In this episode, you'll find out the most common natural phrases to say Happy New Year in Italian. |
| 1:02.0 | Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with Joy of Languages. |
| 1:07.7 | In today's episode, you'll learn three phrases to say, Happy New Year in Italian. |
| 1:13.5 | You'll also learn a few extra cultural tips about celebrating New Year in Italy. But before we get |
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| 1:37.3 | So one of the most common ways to say Happy New Year in Italian is |
| 1:43.1 | Buon Anno, literally, |
| 1:47.2 | good, anno. |
| 1:50.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:51.0 | Buon anno. |
| 1:53.4 | And there are lots of phrases in Italian where we put the word |
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