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How to Say ‘I'll hold the veranda for you’ in Italian

Le tengo bloccata la veranda

leh TEN-goh blok-KAH-tah lah veh-RAHN-dah

[leh TEN-goh blok-KAH-tah lah veh-RAHN-dah]

💬 Usage Tip: bloccata ends in -a to match la veranda. With a masculine word it would change, as in le tengo bloccato il tavolo "I'll hold the table for you".

Phrase Breakdown

Le tengo bloccata

leh TEN-goh blok-KAH-tah

I'll keep it on hold for you

'Le' means 'for you (formal)'. 'bloccata' means 'held' and agrees with the feminine 'veranda'. Hold the double 'cc'.

Example

Le tengo bloccata la camera.

I'll hold the room for you.

Words in this phrase

[leh]

to you (formal)

Formal indirect pronoun meaning 'to you', used politely with strangers like customers.

Example

Le porto il caffè.

I'll bring you the coffee.

tengo

[TEN-goh]

I keep / hold

From 'tenere', first person.

Example

Ti tengo il posto.

I'll keep the seat for you.

bloccata

[blok-KAH-tah]

blocked / on hold

Reserved so no one else takes it; feminine.

Example

La data è bloccata.

The date is on hold.

la veranda

lah veh-RAHN-dah

the veranda

Stress is on 'RAN': ve-RAN-da.

Example

La veranda è prenotata.

The veranda is booked.

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.

veranda

[veh-RAHN-dah]

veranda / terrace

Enclosed terrace area.

Example

Prenoto la veranda.

I'm booking the veranda.

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