How to Say ‘If you want,’ in Italian
Se vuoi,
seh VWOY
[seh VWOY]
🇮🇹 In Italy: [Se vuoi,] softens a suggestion and makes it sound easygoing rather than pushy. In flirting, that matters: it leaves the other person room to say yes or no comfortably.
Phrase Breakdown
Se
[seh]
if
Used to introduce a condition or suggestion.
Se vuoi, possiamo andare laggiù.
If you want, we can go over there.
vuoi
[VWOY]
you want
From volere; here it means what you would like or prefer.
Se vuoi, ci spostiamo vicino al tavolino.
If you want, we can move near the small table.
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