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How to Say ‘At the Porta Portese flea market’ in Italian

Al mercatino di Porta Portese

Ahl mehr-kah-TEE-noh dee POR-tah por-TEH-zeh

[Ahl mehr-kah-TEE-noh dee POR-tah por-TEH-zeh]

🇮🇹 In Italy: Porta Portese is Rome's huge Sunday flea market in Trastevere. Saying you found something there for cheap is a small point of pride.

Phrase Breakdown

Al mercatino

Ahl mehr-kah-TEE-noh

At the little market

'Al' is 'a' + 'il' (at the). 'Mercatino' is a small or flea market. Stress falls on 'ti': mer-ca-TI-no.

Example

Ci vediamo al mercatino.

See you at the market.

Words in this phrase

[Ahl]

At the

Used to indicate measurement or price by weight.

Example

Costa due euro al chilo.

It costs two euros per kilo.

mercatino

[mehr-kah-TEE-noh]

flea market / little market

Diminutive of 'mercato', often for second-hand goods.

Example

Ho trovato un vaso al mercatino.

I found a vase at the flea market.

di Porta Portese

dee POR-tah por-TEH-zeh

of Porta Portese

Porta Portese is Rome's famous Sunday flea market. Say POR-ta por-TE-se, with a soft 's' in 'Portese'.

Example

Il mercato di Porta Portese è enorme.

The Porta Portese market is huge.

Words in this phrase

[dee]

Preposition linking nouns, often translated as of.

Example

Che tipo di ruolo è disponibile?

What kind of role is available?

Porta

[POR-tah]

Porta (gate)

First part of the name of Rome's famous Sunday flea market.

Example

Ci vediamo a Porta Portese.

See you at Porta Portese.

Portese

[por-TEH-zeh]

Portese

Second part of the market's name, from an old city gate in Rome.

Example

Il mercato di Porta Portese è enorme.

The Porta Portese market is huge.

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