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How to Say ‘It's beautiful, I really like it.’ in Italian

È bellissima, mi piace tanto.

eh bel-LEES-see-mah mee pee-AH-cheh TAHN-toh

[eh bel-LEES-see-mah mee pee-AH-cheh TAHN-toh]

Phrase Breakdown

È bellissima,

eh bel-LEES-see-mah

It's beautiful,

This is the superlative of 'bella'. The stress is on '-LIS-': bel-LIS-si-ma. Hold both the double 'l' and the double 's'.

Example

La tua casa è bellissima.

Your house is beautiful.

Words in this phrase

È

[eh]

It is

Used to describe the state, condition, or location of something.

Example

È importante ricordare tutte le regole.

It is important to remember all the rules.

bellissima

[bel-LEES-see-mah]

very beautiful

Superlative of 'bella', feminine singular; stronger than 'bella'.

Example

La tua borsa è bellissima.

Your bag is gorgeous.

mi piace tanto.

mee pee-AH-cheh TAHN-toh

I like it so much.

Literally 'it pleases me a lot'. Say 'piace' as 'PYA-che'.

Example

La musica italiana mi piace tanto.

I like Italian music so much.

Words in this phrase

mi

[mee]

to me

Indirect object pronoun meaning to me; used to express personal reaction.

Example

Nella frase Mi fa piacere, Mi indica la persona che prova la sensazione.

In the phrase 'Mi fa piacere,' 'Mi' indicates the person feeling the emotion.

piace

[pee-AH-cheh]

is pleasing; I like

From piacere; literally means is pleasing to me, used to say I like something.

Example

Mi piace l'idea di fare networking in modo naturale.

I like the idea of networking in a natural way.

tanto

[TAHN-toh]

a lot

To a great extent or degree.

Example

Tanto è cambiato nel tempo.

A lot has changed over time.

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