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How to Say ‘So it's fifty-five, then?’ in Italian

Allora sono cinquantacinque?

ahl-LOH-rah SOH-noh cheen-kwan-tah-CHEEN-kweh

[ahl-LOH-rah SOH-noh cheen-kwan-tah-CHEEN-kweh]

💬 Usage Tip: A rising tone alone turns a statement into a question. There's no word-order change: sono cinquantacinque becomes sono cinquantacinque?

Phrase Breakdown

Allora

[ahl-LOH-rah]

so / then

Introduces the next step in a decision, often after someone has agreed.

Example

Allora prendo... qualcosa che ti piace davvero.

So I’ll get... something you really like.

sono cinquantacinque?

SOH-noh cheen-kwan-tah-CHEEN-kweh

it's fifty-five?

A price with 'sono'. Cinquantacinque is cheen-kwan-ta-CHEEN-kwe. Let your voice rise for the question.

Example

Sono cinquantacinque euro.

It's fifty-five euros.

Words in this phrase

sono

[SOH-noh]

it is / they are

Plural essere, used for prices.

Example

Sono venti euro.

It's twenty euros.

cinquantacinque

[cheen-kwan-tah-CHEEN-kweh]

fifty-five

The number 55.

Example

Costa cinquantacinque euro.

It costs fifty-five euros.

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