How to Say ‘No cheese, please.’ in Italian
Senza formaggio, per favore.
SEN-tsah fohr-MAHD-joh pehr fah-VOH-reh
[SEN-tsah fohr-MAHD-joh pehr fah-VOH-reh]
Phrase Breakdown
Senza
[SEN-tsah]
without
Used to remove an ingredient from a dish.
Senza formaggio, per favore, perché non lo mangio.
Without cheese, please, because I do not eat it.
formaggio
[fohr-MAHD-joh]
cheese
A common food ingredient; useful when asking to omit dairy.
Questa pasta ha molto formaggio sopra.
This pasta has a lot of cheese on top.
per
[pehr]
for
Part of the phrase per favore, meaning please.
Aggiungo per favore per essere educato.
I add please to be polite.
favore
[fah-VOH-reh]
favor
Appears in the fixed polite phrase per favore.
Per favore è utile in ogni situazione.
Please is useful in every situation.
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