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How to Say ‘Have a great holiday!’ in Italian

Passa delle belle feste!

PAHS-sah DEL-leh BEL-leh FES-teh

[PAHS-sah DEL-leh BEL-leh FES-teh]

🇮🇹 In Italy: le feste "the holidays" covers the whole stretch from Christmas to Epiphany on January 6. People say this when parting any time in that period.

Phrase Breakdown

Passa

[PAHS-sah]

have / spend (imperative)

Informal command of 'passare', meaning to spend time.

Example

Passa una buona giornata!

Have a good day!

delle belle feste!

DEL-leh BEL-leh FES-teh

a lovely holiday season!

'Le feste' are the holidays, especially Christmas and New Year. Say the double 'll' in 'delle' and 'belle' clearly.

Example

Auguri di belle feste!

Wishing you happy holidays!

Words in this phrase

delle

[DEL-leh]

some

Partitive 'di + le', meaning 'some' with feminine plural nouns.

Example

Vorrei delle olive.

I'd like some olives.

belle

[BEL-leh]

nice / beautiful

Feminine plural of 'bello'.

Example

Sono belle giornate.

They are beautiful days.

feste

[FES-teh]

holidays

Plural of 'festa'; 'le feste' means the holiday season.

Example

Durante le feste vado in montagna.

During the holidays I go to the mountains.

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