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How to Say ‘I'll clean the steam wand anyway’ in Italian

Pulisco comunque la lancia

poo-LEE-skoh koh-MOON-kweh lah LAHN-chah

[poo-LEE-skoh koh-MOON-kweh lah LAHN-chah]

💬 Usage Tip: Italian often uses the present tense for something you're about to do: pulisco "I clean" here means "I'll clean".

Phrase Breakdown

Pulisco comunque

poo-LEE-skoh koh-MOON-kweh

I'll clean anyway

Say 'pulisco' as pu-LI-sko. 'Comunque' (anyway) is stressed on 'MUN': ko-MUN-kwe.

Example

Lo faccio comunque.

I'll do it anyway.

Words in this phrase

Pulisco

[poo-LEE-skoh]

I clean

First person of 'pulire'.

Example

Pulisco il tavolo.

I clean the table.

comunque

[koh-MOON-kweh]

anyway

Means 'in any case', 'all the same'.

Example

Vengo comunque.

I'm coming anyway.

la lancia

lah LAHN-chah

the steam wand

'Lancia' means the steam wand of the espresso machine. Say it as LAN-cha.

Example

La lancia è calda.

The steam wand is hot.

Words in this phrase

[lah]

the

The feminine singular definite article, used before nouns like 'cultura.'

Example

"La" cultura di questa impresa mi interessa molto.

"The" culture of this company interests me a lot.

lancia

[LAHN-chah]

steam wand

The milk-steaming nozzle of a coffee machine.

Example

La lancia è calda.

The steam wand is hot.

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