How to Say ‘By Friday, I hope.’ in Italian
Entro venerdì, spero.
EN-troh veh-nehr-DEE SPEH-roh
[EN-troh veh-nehr-DEE SPEH-roh]
🇮🇹 In Italy: Adding spero after a deadline is a common, soft way to commit without a firm promise. Colleagues will hear it as "probably, but no guarantees".
Phrase Breakdown
Entro venerdì,
EN-troh veh-nehr-DEE
By Friday,
'Entro' means 'by' or 'within' for deadlines. Stress the last syllable: vene-RDÌ.
Entro venerdì finisco.
I'll finish by Friday.
Words in this phrase
Entro
[EN-troh]
by (deadline)
Means 'by' or 'within' a time limit.
Rispondete entro domani.
Reply by tomorrow.
venerdì
[veh-nehr-DEE]
Friday
Fifth day of the week, named after Venus.
Venerdì sera esco con gli amici.
Friday evening I go out with friends.
spero.
SPEH-roh
I hope.
This is from 'sperare' (to hope). Stress the first syllable: SPE-ro.
Arriva presto, spero.
He'll arrive soon, I hope.
Words in this phrase
spero
[SPEH-roh]
I hope
'Io' form of 'sperare', to hope.
Spero di vincere.
I hope to win.
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