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How to Say ‘I weigh about seventy-five kilos.’ in Italian

Peso circa settantacinque chili.

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

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

Phrase Breakdown

Peso circa

PEH-zoh CHEER-kah

I weigh about

'Peso' is 'I weigh', from 'pesare'. The 's' is soft, like a 'z': 'PÉ-zo'.

Example

Peso circa cinquanta chili.

I weigh about fifty kilos.

Words in this phrase

Peso

[PEH-zoh]

I weigh

First person form of 'pesare'.

Example

Peso sessanta chili.

I weigh sixty kilos.

circa

[CHEER-kah]

about, approximately

Used before numbers to show an estimate.

Example

Sono circa le tre.

It's about three o'clock.

settantacinque chili.

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

seventy-five kilos.

'Settanta' (70) + 'cinque' (5) join into one word. Stress 'cin' in 'set-tan-ta-CIN-que'.

Example

La valigia pesa settantacinque chili.

The suitcase weighs seventy-five kilos.

Words in this phrase

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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