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How to Say ‘Mario will be thrilled!’ in Italian

Mario sarà contentissimo!

MAH-ryoh sah-rah kon-ten-TEES-see-moh

[MAH-ryoh sah-rah kon-ten-TEES-see-moh]

💬 Usage Tip: Adding -issimo boosts a word to "very": contento "happy" becomes contentissimo. Same with bello to bellissimo.

Phrase Breakdown

Mario sarà

MAH-ryoh sah-rah

Mario will be

'Sarà' is the future of 'essere', with the stress on the final à: sah-RAH.

Example

Domani sarà bello.

Tomorrow will be nice.

Words in this phrase

Mario

[MAH-ryoh]

Mario (name)

Common Italian male first name.

Example

Mario è in cucina.

Mario is in the kitchen.

sarà

[sah-rah]

will be

Future tense of 'be', to exist or occur.

Example

Sarà in ritardo come sempre.

He/She will be late as always.

contentissimo!

kon-ten-TEES-see-moh

very happy!

The ending '-issimo' means 'very'. Say kon-ten-TEES-see-moh and hold the double S.

Example

Sono contentissima!

I'm so happy!

Words in this phrase

contentissimo

[kon-ten-TEES-see-moh]

very happy

Superlative of 'contento' (happy) with '-issimo'.

Example

Sono contentissimo di vederti.

I'm very happy to see you.

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