216: Valentine’s Day in Italian: Phrases and Italian Traditions
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🗓️ 10 February 2026
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Summary
_In this post, you’ll learn how to talk about Valentine’s Day in Italian with useful words and phrases. You’ll also see the unique ways Italians celebrate it. _
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Today's Italian words:
Festeggiamo San Valentino = We celebrate Valentine’s Day
Non festeggiamo San Valentino = We don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day
Buon San Valentino = Happy Valentine’s Day
Regalare i fiori = To gift flowers
Regalare i cioccolatini = To gift little chocolates
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| 0:00.0 | You've probably heard of Valentine's Day or San Valentino in Italian, but in Italy it comes with a few traditions you might not know about. |
| 0:12.0 | In this episode, you'll find out what those traditions are so you can get a feel for how the day works in Italy. |
| 0:18.6 | And what to expect if you're here around February. |
| 0:21.4 | And we'll also share some useful phrases you might hear or want to use around Valentine's Day, |
| 0:27.9 | whether you celebrate it or not. Ciao to all and |
| 0:42.3 | Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with joy of languages. |
| 0:47.3 | In today's episode you learn some phrases you can use around Valentine's Day and some that you can also use for other celebration during the |
| 0:55.5 | year. You'll also find out how Mateo and I spend Valentine's Day in Italy. But before we get |
| 1:02.1 | started, can we ask you a quick favor? If you're listening to this on your podcast app, could |
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| 1:17.1 | lessons like this. Grazie. So we should start by saying that Katie and I don't actually |
| 1:24.9 | celebrate Valentine's Day. We'll explain why in a bit, but we thought it would be useful to share some phrases that you can use on the day anyway. |
| 1:34.4 | For example, we would say non festigiamo San Valentino. |
| 1:40.7 | We don't celebrate Valentine's Day. |
| 1:43.5 | Literally, non. Not. Festigeamo. We don't celebrate Valentine's Day. Literally. |
| 1:44.8 | Non. |
| 1:46.0 | Not. |
| 1:49.0 | We celebrate. |
| 1:49.8 | San. |
| 1:50.7 | Saint. |
| 1:53.5 | Valentine. |
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