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How to Say ‘About seventy-five kilos’ in Italian

Circa settantacinque chili

CHEER-kah set-tahn-tah-CHEEN-kweh KEE-lee

[CHEER-kah set-tahn-tah-CHEEN-kweh KEE-lee]

💬 Usage Tip: Chili is the everyday short form of chilogrammi "kilograms". One kilo is un chilo, and two or more become chili.

Phrase Breakdown

Circa

[CHEER-kah]

about, approximately

Used before numbers to show an estimate.

Example

Sono circa le tre.

It's about three o'clock.

settantacinque

[set-tahn-tah-CHEEN-kweh]

seventy-five

The number 75.

Example

Mio nonno ha settantacinque anni.

My grandfather is seventy-five.

chili

[KEE-lee]

kilos

Plural of 'chilo', short for kilogram.

Example

Ho perso due chili.

I lost two kilos.

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