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How to Say ‘Merry Christmas to you too!’ in Italian

Buon Natale anche a te!

bwohn nah-TAH-leh AHN-keh ah teh

[bwohn nah-TAH-leh AHN-keh ah teh]

Phrase Breakdown

Buon Natale

bwohn nah-TAH-leh

Merry Christmas

The standard Christmas greeting. 'Buon' is the shortened form of 'buono' (good). It is used before most masculine nouns.

Example

Buon Natale a tutti!

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Words in this phrase

Buon

[bwohn]

good

Short form of 'buono' before a masculine singular noun; describes something positively.

Example

Buon in Buon equilibrio indica una situazione positiva tra due aspetti.

'Buon' in 'Buon equilibrio' indicates a positive situation between two aspects.

Natale

[nah-TAH-leh]

Christmas

The Christmas holiday, December 25th.

Example

A Natale mangiamo il panettone.

At Christmas we eat panettone.

anche a te!

AHN-keh ah teh

to you too!

Returns the wish to the other person. Say 'anche a' smoothly, almost linked together.

Example

Buone vacanze anche a te!

Happy holidays to you too!

Words in this phrase

anche

[AHN-keh]

also / too

Used to agree or add that the same is true for you as well.

Example

Anche io ho apprezzato molto la conversazione.

I also really appreciated the conversation.

[ah]

"A" is a simple preposition used in many fixed expressions and combinations.

Example

Magari ci vediamo davanti a un caffè la prossima settimana.

Maybe we’ll meet over a coffee next week.

[teh]

you

The stressed form of 'you' used after prepositions like 'con.'

Example

Parlare con te è stato utile, e te indica la persona coinvolta.

Speaking with you was useful, and 'you' indicates the person involved.

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