5 small changes to improve your Italian
Coffee Break Italian
Coffee Break Languages
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Francesca walks you through five common mistakes that are easy to fix but make a real difference to how natural your Italian sounds. From choosing between "favorito" and "preferito" to understanding why Italians say "mi lavo i denti", these are practical changes you can start using straight away.
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| 0:00.0 | Ciao! |
| 0:01.0 | I'm Francesca of Coffee Break Italian. |
| 0:05.0 | And up next, we are going to see how, by making some little changes towards you already |
| 0:13.2 | know in Italian, you can sound more natural. |
| 0:18.0 | Allura, I am I am sure so let's start with the words favorite and preferito. We often like to talk about our favorite things, |
| 0:42.9 | vero. And when we do that, we need to use the correct adjective. For example, if your favorite |
| 0:52.7 | ice cream flavor is pistachio, then you would say, |
| 0:57.6 | the pistachio is my gusto preferito. |
| 1:03.2 | And if you always order a margarita in a pizzeria, then you can say that la margarita is the |
| 1:12.6 | pizza preferita. |
| 1:15.5 | Have you noticed that I'm not using the adjective |
| 1:19.1 | Favorito here? |
| 1:21.6 | Be, Favorito or Favorita has a |
| 1:25.0 | significato a bit different. |
| 1:28.8 | Usually, someone which is described as |
| 1:30.5 | a favoriteo or favoritea |
| 1:32.7 | is the person with |
| 1:35.0 | more chances of winning. |
| 1:37.4 | If I say that |
| 1:38.9 | La Roma is the |
| 1:40.8 | my squadra preferita, |
| 1:43.4 | then that's my favorite team, |
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