How do you say 'I would like to order' in Italian?
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Mastering this deck will enable you to confidently communicate your food orders, ask for recommendations, and express preferences in Italian restaurants. You'll be equipped with practical phrases for real-world dining situations, enhancing your fluency and cultural understanding.
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| 1 | How do you say 'I would like to order' in Italian? |
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Useful sentences and questions to order food, ask for recommendations, and specify preferences.
Vorrei ordinare |
| Use the conditional form 'vorrei' to politely make requests. |
| 2 | How can you ask for the menu in Italian? | Posso avere il menù, per favore? | Remember 'posso avere' for 'may I have'. |
| 3 | What is the phrase to ask 'What do you recommend?' in Italian? | Cosa consiglia? | Think of 'consiglia' as 'to recommend'. |
| 4 | How do you politely ask for the bill in Italian? | Il conto, per favore. | ‘Il conto’ is the bill; adding ‘per favore’ makes it polite. |
| 5 | How do you say 'I am allergic to...' in Italian? | Sono allergico/a a... | Use 'allergico' for males and 'allergica' for females. |
| 6 | How can you specify that you want a vegetarian dish? | Voglio un piatto vegetariano. | ‘Voglio’ means ‘I want’; ‘piatto vegetariano’ is ‘vegetarian dish’. |
| 7 | What phrase would you use to ask for a spicy dish? | Può essere piccante? | ‘Può essere’ means ‘can it be’, and ‘piccante’ means spicy. |
| 8 | How do you say 'Could I have this without...'? | Posso avere questo senza... | ‘Senza’ means ‘without’. |
| 9 | How do you ask 'Is there a vegetarian option?' in Italian? | C’è un’opzione vegetariana? | ‘C’è’ means ‘is there’, and ‘opzione vegetariana’ is ‘vegetarian option’. |
| 10 | What is a polite way to say 'I prefer...' in Italian? | Preferisco... | ‘Preferisco’ is the first person singular of ‘preferire’. |
| 11 | How do you ask 'Can you recommend a local specialty?' in Italian? | Può raccomandare una specialità locale? | ‘Raccomandare’ means ‘to recommend’. |
| 12 | How do you say 'I would like a glass of water' in Italian? | Vorrei un bicchiere d’acqua. | ‘Vorrei’ for ‘I would like’, ‘bicchiere’ for ‘glass’. |
| 13 | How to ask 'Do you have a vegetarian menu?' in Italian? | Avete un menù vegetariano? | ‘Avete’ is ‘do you have?’ |
| 14 | What is the Italian phrase for 'Can I get this to go?'? | Posso avere questo da asporto? | ‘Da asporto’ means ‘to go’ or ‘takeaway’. |
| 15 | How do you ask for a specific dish, e.g., 'I want the spaghetti'? | Voglio gli spaghetti. | ‘Gli spaghetti’ is the plural for spaghetti. |
| 16 | How do you say 'Is this dish spicy?' in Italian? | Questo piatto è piccante? | ‘Questo piatto’ means ‘this dish’. |
| 17 | How to politely request a recommendation from the waiter? | Mi consiglia qualcosa? | ‘Mi’ is ‘to me’, ‘consiglia’ is ‘recommend’. |
| 18 | How do you say 'I don’t eat meat' in Italian? | Non mangio carne. | ‘Non’ negates, and ‘mangio’ is ‘I eat’. |
| 19 | What phrase would you use to ask if a dish contains nuts? | Questo piatto contiene noci? | ‘Contiene’ means ‘contains’, ‘noci’ are nuts. |
| 20 | How do you express that you want to try a sample or small portion? | Posso avere una porzione piccola? | ‘Porzione’ means ‘portion’, ‘piccola’ means ‘small’. |
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