How to Say ‘Please.’ in Italian
Per favore.
pehr fah-VOH-reh
[pehr fah-VOH-reh]
🇮🇹 In Italy: In Italy, [per favore] is correct, but with routine bar orders people often just say the item and maybe [grazie]. Using it is polite, but leaving it out in a quick coffee order does not sound rude.
Phrase Breakdown
Per
[pehr]
for
A preposition that here forms part of the fixed polite phrase per favore.
Per favore, un tavolo per due.
Please, a table for two.
favore
[fah-VOH-reh]
favor
Literally means favor, but in the phrase per favore it means please.
Dico per favore per essere gentile.
I say please to be polite.
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