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How to Say ‘Tell me your weight, please.’ in Italian

Mi dici il tuo peso, per favore?

mee DEE-chee eel TOO-oh PEH-zoh pehr fah-VOH-reh

[mee DEE-chee eel TOO-oh PEH-zoh pehr fah-VOH-reh]

🇮🇹 In Italy: A nurse would more often use the formal form with an adult patient, like [Mi dice il suo peso, per favore?]. Using [tu] here sounds familiar rather than wrong, but it depends on the setting.

Phrase Breakdown

Mi dici

mee DEE-chee

do you tell me / can you tell me

A polite request using the verb dire; in context it means “tell me.”

Example

Mi dici il tuo nome?

Can you tell me your name?

Words in this phrase

Mi

[mee]

to me / me

Pronoun meaning 'to me' in the request.

Example

Mi dici il tuo peso, per favore?

Can you tell me your weight, please?

dici

[DEE-chee]

you tell / can you tell

Verb used to politely ask someone to tell you something.

Example

Mi dici il tuo peso, per favore?

Can you tell me your weight, please?

Il tuo peso

eel TOO-oh PEH-zoh

your weight

A noun phrase asking about someone’s body weight; tuo shows possession for masculine singular peso.

Example

Qual è il tuo peso?

What is your weight?

Words in this phrase

il

[eel]

the

Masculine singular article before a noun.

Example

Mi dici il tuo peso, per favore?

Can you tell me your weight, please?

tuo

[TOO-oh]

your

Possessive adjective used with masculine singular nouns.

Example

Mi dici il tuo peso, per favore?

Can you tell me your weight, please?

peso

[PEH-zoh]

weight

Measurement of how heavy a person is.

Example

Mi dici il tuo peso, per favore?

Can you tell me your weight, please?

Per favore

pehr fah-VOH-reh

please

A polite phrase added to make a request more courteous.

Example

Parla più piano, per favore.

Speak more slowly, please.

Words in this phrase

per

[pehr]

please / for

Part of the polite phrase 'per favore.'

Example

Mi dici il tuo peso, per favore?

Can you tell me your weight, please?

favore

[fah-VOH-reh]

favor

With 'per,' it forms 'per favore,' meaning 'please.'

Example

Mi dici il tuo peso, per favore?

Can you tell me your weight, please?

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