How to Go Shopping in Italian: Beginner’s Guide

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🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Planning on buying some lovely things in Italy? How about doing your shopping in Italian! Learn some useful phrases and tips so you can shop like a local.

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Today's Italian words:
fare la spesa = do the shopping (supermarkets, the grocery shop)
fare shopping = go shopping (clothes, gifts and everything non-food related)
quanto costa? = how much does it cost?
quanto costano? = how much do they cost?
le piace? = do you like it? (formal)
è bello! = it’s nice!
è economico = it’s cheap
grazie, ci penso = thanks, I’ll think about it
mi piace ma… = I like it but…
è un po’ costoso = it’s a bit expensive
è troppo piccolo / grande = it’s too small / big
posso provarlo? = can I try it on?
dove sono i camerini? = where are the fitting rooms?
posso pagare? = can I pay?
…in contanti - …in cash
…con la carta = …by card
un sacchetto / una busta / una sportina = a bag

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0:00.0	As we are currently in Estate, which is summer in Italian, we are re-releasing an episode that we hope will be helpful if you go into Italy soon, or any time you want to be able to improve your ability to get by in Italian.
0:17.0	This way, we can make sure that you still get an Italian lesson while we're busy welcoming new students to our online Italian school.
0:23.6	If you'd like to learn more about how to join us next term, you can click the link in the description.
0:29.6	When you master the art of paying for things in Italian, without using any English, it's an amazing feeling.
0:35.6	You can feel more confident we're going about your daily
0:38.4	life in Italy and impress your friends and family too. Time for the last episode in our Italian
0:45.6	Phrases for Travel series. By the end, you'll have the language tools you need to go shopping
0:50.7	and buy stuff confidently in Italy.
1:06.1	Let's go shopping.
1:10.2	Mateo, I've never seen you so excited to go shopping.
1:13.1	What do you mean? I love shopping.
1:19.3	The sales. When's the last time you went shopping?
1:27.1	Anyway, whether you love shopping when travelling or not, almost everyone needs to buy things at some point.
1:28.3	So if you want to know the price of something, you can ask how much is it?
1:32.3	Quanto cost?
1:36.3	Quanto cost?
1:38.3	Quanto cost?
1:42.3	Then they'll tell you how much it is.
1:45.4	Now, if you don't know your numbers in Italian,
1:47.7	Quanto Costa can feel like you're going into dangerous territory.
1:52.4	What if you don't understand the answer?
1:54.8	We've got a couple of episodes about numbers,
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