How to Say ‘Oh, thank you.’ in Italian
Ma grazie.
mah GRAHT-tsyeh
[mah GRAHT-tsyeh]
🇮🇹 In Italy: [Ma grazie.] often means warm surprise, not contradiction. Italians commonly add little words like [ma] or [eh] to make thanks sound more spontaneous and heartfelt.
Phrase Breakdown
Ma
[mah]
but / oh
Literally 'but,' but here it adds warm surprise, like 'oh, thank you.'
Ma grazie, non dovevate portarci nulla!
Oh, thank you, you should not have brought us anything!
grazie
[GRAHT-tsyeh]
thank you
A common expression of gratitude, here said warmly in response to a gift.
Grazie, siete molto gentili.
Thank you, you are very kind.
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