How to Say ‘Nice to meet you.’ in Italian
Piacere di conoscerti.
pya-CHEH-reh dee ko-noh-SHER-tee
[pya-CHEH-reh dee ko-noh-SHER-tee]
🇮🇹 In Italy: With someone new at a career event, this is friendly and natural. If you want more distance or formality, Italians often avoid [conoscerti] and use a more formal wording instead.
Phrase Breakdown
Piacere
[pya-CHEH-reh]
Nice to meet you / pleasure
A polite greeting used when being introduced to someone.
Quando stringo la mano, dico: «Piacere di conoscerti».
When I shake hands, I say: “Nice to meet you.”
Di conoscerti
dee ko-noh-SHER-tee
to meet you / meeting you
This completes the phrase, meaning “to meet you” in an informal way.
È un piacere di conoscerti.
It’s a pleasure to meet you.
Words in this phrase
di
[dee]
of / to
A small linking word used to build this common expression.
In «Piacere di conoscerti», «di» unisce le due parti della frase.
In “Piacere di conoscerti,” “di” joins the two parts of the phrase.
conoscerti
[ko-noh-SHER-tee]
to meet you / to get to know you
Informal verb form used when speaking to one person with tu.
Sono felice di conoscerti oggi al networking event.
I’m happy to meet you today at the networking event.
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